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Originally Posted by RikaKazak
I think housing prices in major cities is going to COLLAPSE once the vast majority of people use self driving cars. Not only will transportation times be way quicker (no more slow drives in the fast lane, no more waiting for some idiot to stop texting when the light turns green)...but there will be less accidents, speed limits can increase dramatically, and no more road rage as you can just sit and play video games in your car while you head home. (plus the efficiency of merging and intersections will skyrocket reducing traffic congestion tremendously)...
All this is very cool, and I think your premise is true, but not your conclusion.
In other words, self driving cars will certainly allow people to live further away, but doesn't that just allow MORE congestion, HIGHER density. The city gets bigger, but people still want to live in the city center, and not just the 20 somethings. I'm old, and I still wish I was closer/walking to all the cool restaurants and bars that are downtown.
Next point, the self driving cars transition will be gradual. I don't expect they will insta ban old fashioned cars. Thus, things like streamlined intersections will take a while.
Great thinking, but I think it will be slow/gradual, and actually allow for higher density, or another way of putting it, allow more people to enjoy city center life/work more easily.