So self driving car brands are currently in the process of offering subscription based self driving features.
Soon these subscriptions will be cheap enough for everybody to abandon public transport and get into their self driving cars instead.
This means that everybody will be in their cars and it will create the biggest traffic jam in human history!
And finally, self-driving cars will be totally safe and able to drive completely unsupervised! While standing still in traffic going an average of 5 km/h…
It will be beautiful (/s)
The best commute transport is the one you don’t have to use.
Remote work is the solution.
Sure, remote work is nice. But there are plenty of reasons to go outside and travel around for other reasons. Holidays, trips, visiting friends, retirement.
I think if the number of travels is nor al big (once or twice a week) it’s not a problem people using cars.
The big problem is when every single person use the car minimum of twice a day, all at roughly the same hours and going to the same places. Plus all the other leisure travel.
Just cutting out work commute would solve a lot of problems and a big chunk of energy consumption and pollution emissions.
Remote work is amazing, and honestly office jobs should move to that.
But then there’s plenty of jobs that require you to be present in person and do things in the physical world.
But how will the managers improve morale if they can’t stay behind you to ensure you’re working? Won’t somebody please think of the managers!?
It’s a win-win.
Office/computer/phone type jobs get to stay home, satisfaction and productivity goes up.
In person jobs now have far less cars on the roads every day, rush hour isn’t as much of a problem anymore, less time and $ wasted stuck in traffic.
I have an in-person job, and I absolutely loved the big WFH push during COVID.
WFH helps you even if you personally can’t do it.
Only if your job involves a desk and a computer. For now I don’t think many warehouses workers or mechanics want to take their work home with them.