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comment by veen
veen  ·  2991 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Third Transportation Revolution

Here, check this out:

AutoVots transport single passengers; TaxiBots share rides among multiple passengers and allow for slight detours. There will definitely be an increase in the total amount of vehicle miles travelled over all vehicles. More trips with more people over longer distances are nearly inevitable. Whether the amount of miles per trip will increase or decrease is up for debate, though.