Come to Seoul~~~

Look at something like the podbike and imagine that as a self driving micro taxi that goes 50 kmh max. Little embedded energy, material and only needs small batteries and incredibly energy efficient because of aerodynamics (slimmer). Energy efficient even compared to trains or busses, especially in areas or times with lower utilization.

If you want to eliminate cars and make mass transit work as energy efficient as possible, you NEED self driving single seater cars (or double seaters with face to face).

I know many don't like this but i'll say my opinion again:

Public transport should be built on the coastlines, which coincidentally also are blue states, because there's a high population density and public transport makes sense there because of the frequency.

Public transport does not and never will make sense in the midwestern and rural areas of US. The major reason for this is that people there simply largely (70% of people) don't want it. You can't get something through against the will of the local population. Just deal with it. You won't be able to take a train from the East Coast to the West Coast, you'll still have to fly (or drive) that distance.

I want flying cars. Fuck trains. Build nuclear powered flying drone-like cars, what's the fucking problem?