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Stingy driverless cars will clog future streets instead of parking
It's a nightmarish vision of San Francisco's future, like something out of science fiction: streets full of driverless cars, crawling along implacably but at a snail's pace, snarling traffic and bringing the city to a standstill from the iconic Ferry Building to Union Square.
But according to Adam Millard-Ball, associate professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this scenario could come to pass simply as a result of rational behavior on the part of autonomous vehicle owners. Congestion pricing that imposes a fee or tax for driving in the downtown core could help prevent this future, but cities need to act fast, before self-driving cars are common, he argues.
Those conclusions emerge from an analysis published in the journal Transport Policy, in which Millard-Ball used game theory and a computer model of San Francisco traffic patterns to explore the effects of autonomous vehicles on parking. He found that the gridlock happens because self-driving cars don't need to park near a rider's destination – in fact, they don't need to park at all.
The autonomous vehicle parking problem (DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.01.003) (DX)
(Score: 2, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday March 12 2019, @01:33PM (1 child)
I'm a Germophobe. And I'm very rich. I say "no" to sharing a car with strangers. Unless I'm sharing it with some beautiful, and sexy strangers -- the ones I invited for a ride. And we're partying, or working together. Fun!
By the way, I can't wait for the Anonymous Vehicles. No more driver to pay!!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 12 2019, @06:25PM
if you don't like German cars, the Koreans and Americans are making good alternative options