Waymos crash less than human drivers

You know what has even better safety statistics? Public transit including buses and trains.

Cycling also has better statistics when the infrastructure is given real attention, and it leads to better health outcomes.

Those are all options that local governments should consider investing in. Private companies that don't take public money aren't the ones that should be building public transit.

Given that Waymo is testing in Tokyo now (and formerly Cruise), autonomous vehicles are clearly not mutually exclusive with well funded public transit.

Self driving taxis are probably complementary to buses and trains. You can use them for the last mile those don't go to or when you miss the bus.

People in the US don’t want to use public transportation due to the demographics of those who do use it.

If safety was the only thing that mattered the your point would be interesting

Temporarily embarrassed millionaires shouldn't lower themselves!

I agree. It’s also important to get exercise and deal with the obesity epidemic which is a great reason to promote cycling infrastructure. It’s also important to deal with the air pollution that causes elevated asthma rates for people who live near interstate freeways. And of course, the 30,000 Americans who die in car crashes every year could have been taking public transit, cycling, or walking to their destination (yes, even in the suburbs). I find that because my point is multifaceted it is very interesting!