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Oliver Schick
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.