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MIT professor Carlo Ratti and co-founder John Rossant warn of a future filled with robotaxis.
Cars are more convenient and comfortable than walking, buses and subways, they say.
Ratti, Rossant : "Their convenience could seduce us into vastly overusing our cars. The result? An artificial-intelligence-powered nightmare of traffic".
Uber Pool was so cheap it increased overall city travel, authors say.
Uber Pool added 2.6 miles of people who otherwise would have taken another mode of transportation.
Autonomous technology could allow cities to offer more buses, shuttles and other forms of public transit around the clock.
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