A huge amount of urban traffic comes from cars circling for available parking. Robot fleets could change all that. Traffic jams aren’t exactly Zen. People are anxious about getting somewhere else instead of being happy about where they are. To make matters more frustrating: In many cases, the cars clogging roadways are often already at their destination—and just circling the blocks looking for parking. There’s plenty of research showing that a surprisingly large number of…
How Driverless Cabs Could Reduce Urban Traffic
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