[LINK] Robot cars and the fear gap

[David Boxall]

On 22/07/2016 11:35 AM, David Lochrin wrote:
> ...
> The motivation for driverless cars doesn't come from parents dropping the children off at school or going down to the shops in outer suburbs.  It comes from automating traffic on the major arteries and congested inner-city streets, the very situations where trains & trams are highly cost-effective.
> ...
One of the most valuable applications for autonomous vehicles might be 
in providing the missing link. Filling the gaps between home and public 
transport; public transport and destination.

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