Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, a new study finds.This throws doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.For decades, AV proponents have envisioned a world where self-driving cars would liberate humanity from the need for personally-owned automobiles by shifting trips onto perennially-circulating robotaxis, eliminating the need for virtually all garages and surface lots and freeing up precious land for housing, human-centered businesses, and other, better uses in the process.
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