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Once Uber puts everyone else out of business, their costs might rise (Addie Lee are dropping fares and driver pay so how long will they stay around?).
So the cheaper option will still be bus. Fuck it, make the buses free. Lots of people will take free over paid for service.
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You say clogged, but then if they are controlled by computers there will be less traffic jams, traffic will flow better. Just imagine. At a green light, all the cars will all move off at the same time. No waiting for the person in front.
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This is all getting a bit mind boggling.
Going back to the increased traffic predictions - we're already in a place where, as I read the other day, we've got almost 100,000 private hire cars on the road in London. A huge number of those are Ubers - I read Uber want to have 45,000 cars on the road, I think. I find it interesting that the increase in private hire vehicles is almost never mentioned when talking about traffic and pollution. Most of the time it's blamed on roadworks, infrastructure, #bloodycyclists, lorries etc. All of these are contributors (except us cycling cunts, obviously), but a huge daily increase in vehicles means more traffic. It's rather simple.
Many friends of mine habitually use an Uber instead of taking the bus, much to my chagrin. Certainly if you've got a young kid it's a lot easier to use an Uber, and it's so cheap now.
Extrapolate to driverless cars - they'll be cheaper and more available. Who the fuck's gonna use a bus any more? The roads are going to be clogged.