Driverless Cabs Coming to New York
At the moment, commuters in New York City spend, on average, 60 hours stuck in traffic each year. Those wasted hours cost each person over $1,000 annually.
The Earth Institute at Columbia University recently released a study which may alleviate the congestion by exchanging the city’s 13,000 yellow taxis with 9,000 self-driving cars.
According to The New York Times, customers will be able to hail driverless taxes through phone apps which communicate through a centralized system. The data-optimized system is believed to decrease wait times and boost utilization of cars. The result will be lower costs and better efficiency.
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