How autonomous vehicles could relieve or worsen traffic congestion

How autonomous vehicles could relieve or worsen traffic congestion

This whitepaper helps to stimulate debate over the proper way to introduce autonomous vehicles into society, with a hope that it leads to greater collaboration among all stakeholders about how to tackle the issue of congestion in autonomous future.

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Congestion is a trillion dollar problem.

The next 5-20 years we are likely to see increased congestion and wait times as the number of cars on the road increases. Beyond that we could see the beginning of a transportation nirvana.

Real time information about current traffic information can help us move around better by avoiding crash delays.

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