Edit TLDR: I like thinking about the future instead of working. Since congestion and traffic is hot topic in Brisbane. I read some article on how driverless cars will affect our lives. I then looked at the statistics of Brisbane traffic and car consumption. This is a good article on USA Predictions on driverless cars. I thought I’d see how that measures up against Brisbane statistics. Seems like in 10-15 years Brisbane congestion will be very different. Some interesting thoughts: cars will be a service and not owned by the household. reduction if congestion, traffic, noise, accidents. This will affect car industry, insurance industry, public health. Here are the stats: In Brisbane, if 10% of the registered cars were driverless, they could replace all the passenger vehicles on the main road corridors of Brisbane in AM peak period. 128600 of cars are travelling on the main corridors in AM peak
