[jcranmer]

> It'll be a no-brainer to pay $200-$300 per month for (effectively) unlimited robotaxi service than $400 per month for a lease + $100 month for insurance + fuel + cost and inconvenience of refueling.

It's already possible: a monthly transit pass is often in the $100-150 range. The fact that people have been choosing to forego viable transit options in favor of a much more expensive personal vehicle option for a long time is strongly suggestive of the fact that people really don't want to give up their cars.

[SergeAx]

No, this is because transit pass cannot fulfill ALL their needs of transportation, but mostly commuting.

[jcranmer]

That sounds like someone who has never even attempted to make that work.

Transit is least effective in suburbs, where you have to try very hard and basically live in exactly the right location to make a transit-only experience work. But in both large urban conglomerations and even in many small rural cities, it is actually quite effective to do all of your transportation needs using local transit.