The main difference between car traffic today and car traffic with automated robotaxis is this:
Instead of roads being jammed by cars with just 1-2 people in them, roads will be jammed by cars with just 0-1 people in them.
How-Sen Chong
New research examines Waymo's California robotaxi trips btw Aug 2023 and Dec 2025.
Conclusion: 46% of miles driven involved no one inside the car.
That's 40 million miles of deadheading, with Waymo vehicles using road space w/o transporting a human.
doi.org/10.32866/001...
