TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK. Unclogging city centers is a complex issue with a ton of moving parts. Replacing all personal vehicles with AVs — including pay-to-go robot-taxi rides — wouldn't have a huge impact on the number of passenger vehicles on the road. As the WEF report points out, policy makers would have to step in and make changes to local infrastructure to truly have an effect on traffic. For instance, policy makers could introduce per-mile tolls for single-occupancy vehicles, use on-street parking to free up some much needed space for bike lanes or loading zones, or dedicate entire lanes just for AVs. And they ran the numbers again, and the results are promising: a per-mile toll could improve travel time by as much as 15.5 percent.
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