Self-Driving Cars and the Efficiency of Cities
+ Rémy Prud'homme
This paper assumes that all cars, or most of them, have become self-driving cars. Such cars are better informed and more reactive than to-day’s motor vehicles and drivers. This makes them safer, and above all faster because it reduces the safety margins presently required. In other words, they are associated with higher car speeds and reduced car travel times. The paper tries to explore what it can mean for the structure and the efficiency of cities.
*This paper was written for the Marron Institute Conference on Self-Driving Vehicles, which took place on May 28 & 29, 2015 and was convened with support from Google.
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