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Self-driving cars could make city congestion a whole lot worse

If you think traffic in cities is bad now, just wait until autonomous vehicles arrive, cruising around to avoid paying pricey parking fees. Perverse incentives: Driverless cars will snarl up city roads because cruising will cost less than parking, Adam Millard-Ball, associate professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, writes in Transport Policy.

https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612873/self-driving-cars-could-make-city-congestion-a-whole-lot-worse/

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