&gt;  Even if my commute is 8:20-8:50 and yours is 9:15-9:45, we&#x27;re probably both heading into the city centre from outside, so the same car probably can&#x27;t serve us both).<p>If you are willing to share the ride, you can have the same car serve you and someone else who shares a similar route and is willing to travel 10 minutes early (or late - can be incentivize by a discount).<p>Self-driving cars can make car-pooling easier - it can be a hyperlocal public transport system. Pick up 4 people who are traveling from&#x2F;to within a 2-mile radius with each other, and peak traffic will be 25% of what it is now (best case). It&#x27;s even simpler considering that most people commute the same route everyday.