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>what happens when everyone has a self driving car? All of those cars that are otherwise parked are now on the road. Traffic.

Why? The number of trips is governed by the demand for trips, not the supply of cars. There isn't sufficient demand for trips to put all the cars on the road all the time, or else they already would be. The inelasticity of demand for trips is right there in the data you cite.

>TNCs led to increased road congestion in terms of both intensity (by 0.9%)



self driving cars would create demand as they would presumably be cheaper than equivalent rideshare.




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