[horsemans]

What problem is this solving? NYC doesn't have a problem with people either not being able to drive or not knowing where they're going. We have workable (for an American definition of workable) mass transit and several livery services including taxis and Uber.

We're trying to get rid of cars here. Congestion pricing, the widening of pedestrian and biking thoroughfares, just to name two initiatives. We don't need more cars, regardless whether or not they're being human-driven or not.

[danielmarkbruce]

Faster, cheaper, safer, more reliable transport has always been a strong value proposition and likely always will be.

There are technical risks here, but there are not product/value proposition problems.

[CobrastanJorji]

NYC has something around 200,000 for-hire drivers among taxis, Ubers, etc. The need for all that human effort can be removed.

Yes, eliminating cars entirely would be great, but that's an orthogonal problem.

[GhettoComputers]

I agree. Public transportation in the US is great if we use 1950s standards. It’s falling behind because politicians don’t have a long enough cycle to see the fruits of their labor.

[randomopining]

NYC needs to up it's biking game. It's getting there but still a long ways away. Plus riding a citi bike is like a life-or-death experience half the time.

[EastOfTruth]

Maybe you could eliminate most parking spaces and reduce the total number of cars if everyone would share a number of real-self-driving cars.