Most of the growth has been sprawl, which is great for adding housing units, but it’s not sustainable and deceives ppl into thinking they are independent and self sustaining. We are not growing vibrant places that thrive and on public services different ideas. Also, TX dems have been bad on housing

When people realize how beautiful New Mexico is and those prices creep up, we’ll know it happened

I can see colleges buying them and limiting access to students and staff, maybe alumni. Could be a great benefit, especially if they can also be commute shuttles. Would be great to tax deadhead miles

Most people don’t feel the cost every trip. I agree that the economics make sense to go car-lite, but the big switch is hard for many. When my car was hit, I had to ask the insurance co to give me cash instead of a rental. Far better for me but they really had to get creative to do it(🇺🇸 perspective)

I agree & I hope you are right but per trip fees are low, and it will take a lot to get to the tipping point to give up the car. I do see many couples going to one car, which is a notable success. Hopefully college students stop bringing cars, but we need progressive policies that nudge the behavior

AVs will need to park to charge, but still a huge advantage. Uber & Lyft offer the same advantage today, which has revolutionized some sectors (including travel), but driving personal cars still feels free because it’s mostly a sunk cost, with subsidized roads and parking most places.

It won’t be cheap, so I expect shuttles will be the next step, which is a big improvement over single occupancy driver vehicles. I hope AVs finally challenge the standard parking commuter benefit, which needs an overhaul anyway.