Self-Driving Cars Won’t Save Cities - Here’s What Will

Self-Driving cars hold immense technological promise, but they won’t fundamentally solve problems like congestion, at least for now.

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Scooter footage from Lime’s press footage

[ParkerLiberty]

"Imagine if everyone on the sidewalk needed a 2m buffer"
2020: Hold my beer

[gavdaddy]

"imagine how wasteful sidewalks would be if everyone required a 2 meter buffer"

[shnorakalyutsun]

3:10 Imagine how wasteful sidewalks would be if everyone required a 2-meter buffer.

Well, we're finding it out right now, who might have known a year ago.

[vertik]

Self driving roads. You step on it and it moves you where you want. It wouldn't require cars or buses.
Teleportation would be the best of course.

[augustus]

Here in the Netherlands, we have cities that have banned all cars from the city-centre. I therefore cycle to work every day. It's great for your health, and since there are no cars, I won't get struck by it or breathe in the cancerous fumes.

[ac]

From a programming perspective, a self driving bus or train or tram is infinitely easier to implement than cars because of preplanned routes and just have to focus on seeing only 2 or 3 directions rather than all directions

[iamcleaver]

Here in Russia we are battling the same problem. We once had the whole of Moscow city centre given away to parking. Now, with the the new mayor, we have payed parking everywhere and the spare space has been turned green and given to the people. The businesses saw a huge increase in profits where it has been done.

[prwnageify]

Safer than cars, faster than cars, smoother than cars, no traffic, autonomous, affordable. Sounds like a modern rail transit system. These self driving cars are already obsolete, aren't they?

[ZRAGE]

Polymatter:Instead of racing to work, you’ll sit back, relax and generate ad revenue for me.

Adblock: I don’t think so.

[CityBeautiful]

I would welcome self-driving cars just to have time to watch more Polymatter videos!

[KindaOutofHere]

I like when he said “You’ll watch and lay back while generating ad revenue for me.”

[TS_Mind_Swept]

"And speaking of Segway's.." oof

[idrisveitch]

8:35 - "Instead of fighting the homeless, maybe fighting homelessness"

Many good points in this video, but this one hit me hard

[brianevans]

You should do a video on solving homelessness.
Great content btw

[rz]

“But some day the steering wheel will fade into history like Jell-O Salad and these weird coasters, The elderly and disabled...”

[yourlocalramen]

'Imagine if everyone on the sidewalk needed a 2 meter/metre buffer."

Half the comments: OMG 2020 COVID HAHAHA FUNNY WORD

[MidnightBlueRed]

What about self-driving Toyota Corollas? Oh wait, wrong channel.

[Happymars]

There's something wet need much more than Public Transit. We need a large innovation in urban housing so the middle and lower income people can afford to live comfortably close to work.

[paolofumarola]

The problem with driverless cars though are not to be underestimated: hacking, lack of skills when necessary and the fact that they are a judicial and ethicals nightmares when inevitable tragedies happen are examples

[hujiahao]

Actually Singapore is a really great example of good public transport and more toll on road when there is more traffic. Cars are also very expensive causing most people to settle for the cheap yet effective public transport system