Article: Self-Driving Cars Are Still Cars - Which Means They Won't Improve Your Commute

Ben Walsh argues that neither Google nor anyone else can revolutionise and majorly improve transport in cities by focusing on the private motor vehicle:

"Google, to use a technology cliché, has chosen the wrong platform. If the company wants to revolutionize mobility, it shouldn't waste its time with cars. They're intractably inefficient uses of energy and space, and building our communities around them has failed."

Link: New Republic: Self-Driving Cars Are Still Cars - Which Means They Won't Improve Your Commute