Apple joins Tesla in approval to test self-driving cars on California streets

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3. Not better for the environment because it perpetuates bad planning.

The automobile era is dying a hard death but it needs to die.
We have gone from communities that allowed a person to walk to most shopping and school and even to jobs to one that, by virtue of planning for the automobile, requires ownership of one. And, to the tune of over $800/month of personal expense.

So, if we look at the big picture then it's not better for the environment. Possibly safer, too soon to tell, but not better than walking and using transit.

And it sure as hell isn't sustainable if you follow the meaning of that concept because it doesn't meet the "equity" criteria.

The RW and corporatists have always hated transit because it's so economical and cost-effective. There's far more money to be made when people have to keep buying oil and tires and pay for insurance, etc., but it's hell on the environment.

Transit, it's better, it's not even up for an argument. Young people, in their youthful wisdom, don't even want to be in a car culture anymore.

http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/millennials-motion