[ehnto]

You're banking on full autonomy from a vehicle you can just plonk into any old city with no alteration to infrastructure, that would be served entirely by commercialized hail services for people who can afford it.

We should be hoping for ubiquitous public transport infrastructure that everyone can utilize and afford.

[maxsilver]

> We should be hoping for ubiquitous public transport infrastructure that everyone can utilize and afford.

This is a form of ubiquitous public transport infrastructure. Automobiles and roads are already the most inclusive form of public transportation ever invented (measured as percent of public served), and have the cheapest per-rider cost to maintain for any government out of any infrastructure ever invented to date, while still supporting full distances and high service rates.

And while cost of vehicles and driver requirements are currently barriers -- reducing the cost of vehicles and improving their ability to self drive, would let everyone utilize and afford it.

[marcosdumay]

Mass transportation gets incredibly wasteful once you cross under some population density. And on many places most of the people live on areas under that density.

That means that any attempt of pushing everybody at mass transportation at those places will fail, even if executed perfectly. But small cars are perfect for feeder routes.