tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post8160896604038375655..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: The tax reform we should discuss- streets and transportationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-32441835024271489692013-12-28T23:32:17.418-06:002013-12-28T23:32:17.418-06:00Ashland's recent 31.5" wasn't the sta...Ashland's recent 31.5" wasn't the start though: on the north coast we were also hit by a foot or two <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Baxw4tpCQAEy0j5.png:large" rel="nofollow">early this month</a>.<br /><br />~<br /><br />One of the gripes I have with the big freeway projects that Walker's donors love is that they're all based on a big bet that self-driving cars won't be making their mass-market debut within the 10 years or so that these projects will take to complete. Self-driving cars don't need the reaction time that human drivers do, so more can fit on the same stretch of road at the same speed, reducing or removing entirely the need for more lanes from A to B.<br /><br />They wouldn't have to have made large market inroads by then, merely enough to set back demand for road space from otherwise-anticipated levels. Given that by 2020 Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Nissan and BMW all expect to be selling fully autonomous cars, it seems that staking several billions on this kind of bet isn't especially wise.GeoffThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317722272565026078noreply@blogger.com