From Austin Vernon’s blog post on reducing human and freight transportation costs:
It might be difficult to fathom that a mature sector like ground transportation could be 10x cheaper and have 10x greater throughput on existing right-of-way. But that is what the combination of electrification and driving automation software can unlock […] The defining mega projects for the 21st-century economy could be tunnels crossing the Bering Strait and Strait of Gibraltar or a true Pan-American (freight) highway. Containers could move between Asia and North America with air freight delivery times and ocean freight prices.
Observing the ubiquitous self-driving Waymo taxis safely making their way through San Francisco, this is a plausible future.
Nehaveigur 