Driverless Cars

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Confused SFPD pulling over an #autonomousvehicle in the Richmond District!! Then it tries to take off!!

Impact of driverless cars on bay area RE

I have read few post here and there on this subject. Driverless cars will become a reality in another 10-20 years. That’s within the current horizon of any bay area RE investment today so I was wondering whats the impact driverless cars may have on the bay area RE? Please provide your thoughts here and let this be a catch all thread on this topic.

Driverless Cars to Fuel Suburban Sprawl

But wait, you might say, don’t millennials prefer to live in cities? That is widely believed, but not true, according to Jed Kolko, former chief economist at real-estate site Trulia. Not only do 66% of millennials tell pollsters they want to live in the suburbs, they are moving there, as population growth in suburbs outstrips growth in cities. “Millennials with kids in school, that’s children 6 and older, are actually less urban today than the same age group was 15 years ago,” says Mr. Kolko. This points to an important fact often overlooked by the people—primarily in dense coastal cities—who write about the impact of self-driving cars: About half of Americans live in, and are perfectly fine with, suburbs. WUT? I thought the new generation all love city living?

8 Big Housing Changes Thanks to Driverless Cars

[image] The combination of widespread ride-sharing and self-driving cars will reshape housing in 8 significant ways: Prime real estate will be unlocked for new home construction (parking lots, auto dealerships, gas stations). Outlying drive-until-you-qualify housing markets will eventually reemerge once the majority of core infill markets have repurposed their prime real estate. Urban employment should continue rising as prime real estate is repurposed for housing, allowing more people to live closer to city centers. Density will increase, with the days of wide streets, massive driveways, and two-/three-car garages a thing of the past. Construction costs will decline as transportation costs plummet for moving building products from manufacturing facilities/warehouses to new home construction sites. Fewer home sales will occur, as the elderly will be able to stay in their existing home long after losing their driving rights. Assisted-living facility demand will be less than most p…

Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars

CHANDLER, Ariz. — The assailant slipped out of a park around noon one day in October, zeroing in on his target, which was idling at a nearby intersection — a self-driving van operated by Waymo, the driverless-car company spun out of Google. He carried out his attack with an unidentified sharp object, swiftly slashing one of the tires. The suspect, identified as a white man in his 20s, then melted into the neighborhood on foot. The slashing was one of nearly two dozen attacks on driverless vehicles over the past two years in Chandler, a city near Phoenix where Waymo started testing its vans in 2017. In ways large and small, the city has had an early look at public misgivings over the rise of artificial intelligence, with city officials hearing complaints about everything from safety to possible job losses. Some people have pelted Waymo vans with rocks, according to police reports. Others have repeatedly tried to run the vehicles off the road. One woman screamed at one of the vans, …