This sounds utopian, but it ignores human nature. Reduce the cost of a good or service, you will get more of it.
Part of the cost of driving is the opportunity cost, the inability to do something else at the same time. That is the value proposition for autonomous vehicles, saving that opportunity cost.
If delivery costs go down, you will get more deliveries. And there will be "zombie" trips - return-to-base after a delivery run, providing no value but taking up road space.
The assumption of universal ride sharing ignores the needs of families, so they will be pushed out of cities to a greater extent than they already are.
tuatoru•5h ago
Part of the cost of driving is the opportunity cost, the inability to do something else at the same time. That is the value proposition for autonomous vehicles, saving that opportunity cost.
If delivery costs go down, you will get more deliveries. And there will be "zombie" trips - return-to-base after a delivery run, providing no value but taking up road space.
The assumption of universal ride sharing ignores the needs of families, so they will be pushed out of cities to a greater extent than they already are.