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I used to be really excited by the possibility of driverless cars, but now I think overall they're going to be a wash. They will likely have significant downsides: they make traveling long distance less onerous, so sprawl will increase. They'll likely increase the total miles driven. If we want more compact cities and less pollution, with driverless cars we'd need measures to decrease driving above and beyond what we'd need today.


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