New TECH VEHICLES MAY CLOG STREETS-REALLY?
In a continuing effort to provide education connected with autonomous vehicles today’s blog briefly presents a history of urban mass transit. Well sort of.
The folks who have worries about fleets of driverless cars roaming the city and clogging the streets might have a valid point if we keep thinking in the present where EVERYONE owns their own car and drives to work and finds a parking place. By the way current autos spend 95% of their time parked someplace. So if you are thinking your teens spend too much time parked in front of their xbox or Youtube.. well your F150 isn’t exactly using all its time very wisely either.
Okay, back to the history… of traffic congestion. The link below pretty much sums up the state of affairs only about 125 years ago. If you want to be objective about increased congestion drive in rush hour traffic in the DC beltway or in Chicago,or in LA on just about any work day during “drive” time which may as well be called “wait while you burn your fossil fuels time.”
Anyway click on the link below and read a bit and try to understand that the move to autonomous vehicles may be scary but I suspect a lot of stables, blacksmiths, and shovelers worried about their jobs too. Do we want those jobs back?
Maybe that’s the next topic…jobs in the new “car” era.
Have a Great Day and as you imagine your downtown streets of 1890 well just watch your step.
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