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Old Posted Apr 23, 2017, 8:12 PM
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Self-driving cars really won't be that transformative:

http://orfe.princeton.edu/~alaink/Pa...aper012414.pdf

They're a useful excuse to avoid doing the hard work of actually fixing our cities and improving transportation options, which is why NIMBYs love to trot them out as reasons to avoid adding more density.
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Old Posted Apr 23, 2017, 9:29 PM
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I disagree. There will still be tons of cars on the road, but ownership models will change and parking requirements will be reduced.
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Self-driving and sharing are separate concepts, but let's say the two concepts combine.

They still need to live somewhere. And if the peak time user rate is 500 in a half hour outside the same building, they'll have to be piled up nearby.

Obviously office buildings should have good transit service and cars of any kind should serve a fraction of the occupant count. But they're not going to be a panacea for workplace parking (even while more efficient) or anything else.
They're not really separate concepts though. If your car can drive itself, it can park itself. It doesn't need to be physically at your home anymore, and it doesn't need to be idle 95% or the time.
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The only significant thing that will come from self-driving cars is that cities will need much less parking. Self-driving cars are in no way and won't ever be a substitute for public transit.
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The only significant thing that will come from self-driving cars is that cities will need much less parking. Self-driving cars are in no way and won't ever be a substitute for public transit.
Of course not.

They will however be cheaper and probably produce a new ownership model. If it doesn't need to sit at home, then you don't need to own it. You can pay a monthly subscription to have a car on demand. Something like Uber, minus the driver, but you get to pick exactly which model of car you want.

The benefit to traffic will have more to do with the fact that, apparently, a significant portion of urban vehicle miles travelled are spent looking for parking. Self-driving cars would know exactly where available spaces are (if they even need one, and aren't just enroute to pick up their next passenger).
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Anyway in Paris, you can't say that surface parking is a problem.
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Anyway in Paris, you can't say that surface parking is a problem.
But people driving around looking for a place to park is a problem. I know, I've done it.

The other (perhaps longer term) thing that might come out of self-driving vehicles is that we'll finally get flying cars. This biggest obstacle to that has never really been technology, but the fact that it takes hundreds of hours of training to fly light aircraft and a bunch of people flying around town would be extremely dangerous. But if they're all drones controlled by a central air traffic system, it could happen.
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Of course not.

They will however be cheaper and probably produce a new ownership model. If it doesn't need to sit at home, then you don't need to own it. You can pay a monthly subscription to have a car on demand. Something like Uber, minus the driver, but you get to pick exactly which model of car you want.

The benefit to traffic will have more to do with the fact that, apparently, a significant portion of urban vehicle miles travelled are spent looking for parking. Self-driving cars would know exactly where available spaces are (if they even need one, and aren't just enroute to pick up their next passenger).
Not to disparage, but isn't it weird to think that a bunch of driverless cars will come home to daddy or mommy when the onus is on carpooling? I also think that because the tech exists doesn't mean all potential avenues will pan out.
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That's where driverless pods come into play.
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Of course not.

They will however be cheaper and probably produce a new ownership model. If it doesn't need to sit at home, then you don't need to own it. You can pay a monthly subscription to have a car on demand. Something like Uber, minus the driver, but you get to pick exactly which model of car you want.

The benefit to traffic will have more to do with the fact that, apparently, a significant portion of urban vehicle miles travelled are spent looking for parking. Self-driving cars would know exactly where available spaces are (if they even need one, and aren't just enroute to pick up their next passenger).
The model already exists in the form of ZipCar, which exists in larger American cities and a few European ones (London and Paris, at the least). I've used a ZipCar in Paris to drive up to Azincourt. It's not self-driving, but the only difference in the model is that I have to go get it and drive it myself. The pricing model would be quite similar if it were self-driving. With ZipCar, you can either pay a small annual fee and no monthly fee plus a per-hour rate, or you can sign up for a guaranteed monthly usage rate and then a lower per-hour rate the more you guarantee to use it. I think in some markets they've even experimented with an unlimited plan.
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The model already exists in the form of ZipCar, which exists in larger American cities and a few European ones (London and Paris, at the least). I've used a ZipCar in Paris to drive up to Azincourt. It's not self-driving, but the only difference in the model is that I have to go get it and drive it myself. The pricing model would be quite similar if it were self-driving. With ZipCar, you can either pay a small annual fee and no monthly fee plus a per-hour rate, or you can sign up for a guaranteed monthly usage rate and then a lower per-hour rate the more you guarantee to use it. I think in some markets they've even experimented with an unlimited plan.
Agincourt, presumably.

I have been a ZipCar member for about 10 years and have continued to use it in London. There are a few located within a couple streets of my flat. But I think this becomes even more easy with self-driving cars, and as I've said, I think it's more like a driverless Uber than a ZipCar. ZipCar does usually require some advanced planning if you don't want all the cars to be taken (on a Saturday, especially).
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