Amazon (www.Audiable.com) says "motorist coordination is the problem, not the number of cars". Amazon proposes the simple solution to traffic congestion is to remove the motorist, notice how the Amazon success criteria is not better mobility for people, but rather "car throughput" - a measure for moving more cars.
Video #1 The Amazon simple solution to eliminate traffic congestion.
Consider the how the Amazon automated car will improve people mobility in the following videos.
Video #2 Saigon, Vietnam
Video #3 Skopje, Macedonia
Video #4 Nasr City (Cairo), Egypt
Video #5 Worst 10 Car Traffic Jams in World
In this next video consider that no traffic controls nor automation is used at all.
Video #6 Meskel Square, Addis Abeba
Video #1 The Amazon simple solution to eliminate traffic congestion.
- poor driver coordination causes traffic snakes and traffic jams
- traffic congestion is solved by removing the driver, automate the car
- reduce the space between cars and driving faster increases throughput
Consider the how the Amazon automated car will improve people mobility in the following videos.
Video #2 Saigon, Vietnam
Video #3 Skopje, Macedonia
Video #4 Nasr City (Cairo), Egypt
Video #5 Worst 10 Car Traffic Jams in World
In this next video consider that no traffic controls nor automation is used at all.
Video #6 Meskel Square, Addis Abeba
To understand the mobility bias at Amazon, take the mobility poll at the right and measure yours. -LS
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