[malermeister]

Individual motorized transport is a dead end, especially in cities, no matter if it has a driver or not.

It's just inherently energy- and space efficient to haul around a two ton piece of junk per 80kg person. Cities don't have the space, the planet doesn't have the energy to support it. We need to ban cars from cities in the longer term, both human- and AI-driven. For now, we need to take steps to get there. Reduce car lanes, increase bike lanes. Build out public transit.

[tomjakubowski]

I am with you on personal automobiles which take up enormous amounts of space on our streets per rider, even when every seat is filled. That doesn't mean individualized urban motor transport is a dead end: there are still E-bikes.

[chpatrick]

I think that ship sailed in many parts of the US when cities were built around cars.

[malermeister]

US cities weren't built around cars, they were bulldozed for them.

https://historydaily.org/america-streets-before-cars

We can undo the damage.

[spaceman_2020]

…and hope that climate change makes the weather nice enough for bikes and walking all the year round!