&gt;&gt; A world where driverless cars are prevalent, and shared vehicle ownership is the norm, offers a chance to rethink and reconsider the design of our urban environment.<p>Those are two very different things.  Cars are more than simple people movers. They are expressions of their owners&#x27; cultures.  They are displays of wealth.  They are little pieces of home that travel with you throughout your day.  That isn&#x27;t going away any time soon.<p>Imho driverless cars will only add to traffic.  No longer will cars have to wait around for their drivers.  They will be free to do all sorts of things on the road while their owners go about their days.  Kids need not take a bus to school.  The family car can take them after first dropping mom&#x2F;dad at work.  Businesses need not wait for expensive employees to inspect worksites or infrastructure.  Nor will they have to install monitoring equipment.  Send the robot, a driverless car with a mounted camera is far cheaper than a fleet of installed cameras.  And parking?  Forget paying.  Just let the robot circle around until you are ready to be picked up.  Making driving cheaper and easier through automation isn&#x27;t going to reduce traffic.