I’d argue that one of the most important complements to autonomous “feeder” or low density transit is safe streets. Walking and micromobility can soak up a surprising number of trips, especially short trips, but today’s North American built environment makes this unsafe and unpleasant. Progress we make on safe walking and biking/micromobility transport will also help make incremental development more viable, which further supports transit viability.
Great series, I loved it!
I’d argue that one of the most important complements to autonomous “feeder” or low density transit is safe streets. Walking and micromobility can soak up a surprising number of trips, especially short trips, but today’s North American built environment makes this unsafe and unpleasant. Progress we make on safe walking and biking/micromobility transport will also help make incremental development more viable, which further supports transit viability.
An intermediate step between 1 and 2: How close are we to being able to automate existing street-level tram lines?