&gt;At the moment city centres get clogged by cars because public transport in the suburbs is horrible. But if you can get a car to a transport hub and then commute into the centre, I think a lot of people would prefer that to being stuck in heavy traffic for hours. Maybe not you, but many people.<p>That is actually the &quot;first mile, last mile&quot; concept the author of the article puts on the table as being an interesting problem to solve and considers autonomous cars to be, maybe, part of the solution.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Last_mile_%28transportation%29" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Last_mile_%28transportation%29</a>