Should cities designate special lanes for autonomous vehicles?

Yes

Yes, but in the future when autonomous vehicles are more ubiquitous on the road

Not if the vehicles don't have humans inside. This will increase traffic, not improve it. We need public transportation, including trains, light rail, and metro..

The money that would be used for this should be put towards, public transport like trains, light rail systems, metros.

Yes, this can help of safety for people and vehicles.

Yes, but this needs to be a locally led initiative

Yes, but in the future when autonomous cars are more ubiquitous on the road

Yes, only if the said autonomous vehicles become more and more common and are on par with regular cars.

Yes, if autonomous vehicles are ro be land based. They should operate in locations where pedestrian traffic is not at risk, with the exception of pickup and drop-off points.

Maybe — but only if it's temporary. Cities could use AV-only lanes during early testing phases to reduce risks and collect data. But long-term, autonomous vehicles should be able to share the road like everyone else. Public space should serve the whole population—not just tech companies.

It depends on if the issue is relevant to the city. How many autonomous vehicles are in the city? Have there been issues with the vehicles? Crashes?

No, by the time special lanes would be needed for autonomous vehicles, a public transport option would be a better option instead

No, if it can't drive safely with regular cars on the road, then it shouldn't be on the road in the first place.

Autonomous vehicles should not be allowed on roads until they have undergone enough innovations and development, as well as proper crash and safety testing.

Yes, until the AI can show it can drive just fine. Though it would be good to keep it in normal lanes too so it knows how to handle non auto-vehicles since the world wont suddenly become all AI cars quickly.

Yes, but only if autonomous vehicles become popular enough and very wide spread, it should not be a lane for 1st class citizens as it would lead to special treatment to the rich.

No, this just isn't realistic, and once again will cost money that would be better spent on improving public transportation.

requires careful planning and consideration of the impact on other traffic and public transportation

For the sake of freedom, the constitution, the 10th and 14th amendments, weak government, federalism, and checks and balances, it should be the cities' choices.

No, it is cost inefficient and will only take up space. Investing in public transportation would be more effective.

For the sake of freedom, capitalism, federalism, weak government, and checks and balances, it should be the cities' choices whether or not to do so.

No, we should continue developing and working on autonomous vehicles so they're safe before releasing them to the public.

Only the people that drive electric cars should pay for those roads. That should not be out of tax payers money.

Regardless of if it'll help our economy and community, building whole other roads for the use of only one type of vehicle is absurd.

I will not have an opinion on this until they develop real brains and ask for their own lane. Elon Musk is💩👎

No, autonomous vehicles should be restricted to limited access roads; manual operation should be required on surface roads.

No, and it's probably best to ban autonomous vehicles as this promotes laziness and is dangerous on to the person in the car and around the car.

Yes, however autonomous vehicles should not be allowed on the road until the technology is proven to be more consistent and reliable

No, if autonomous vehicles are incapable of effectively driving alongside human drivers the vehicles should not be able to operate autonomously.

I'd rather autonomous vehicles not be distributed at all... but if they had to be, then a separate lane would be good

No, they can't due to the car still having to drive around to get to certain places on either part of the roads.

No, it would be more useful to spend funding on something else, and if they autonomous vehicles aren't good enough to be on the road with humans, they shouldn't be used in the first place.

No, the vehicles should be regulated to be road safe no matter what. If your going to make specialized new lanes, just increas epublic transit.

If autonomous vehicles become more prominent, then special lanes are the next logical step. Until then, no.

I think it's a double-edge sword. On one hand, it could keep the autonomous vehicles from possibly causing crashes, on the other, it could impede traffic and would be inefficient for all cities to be required to have them

No, this creates an opportunity for socioeconomic separation, and fully autonomous vehicles should be banned.

Yes, but only if it becomes more of a norm (a.k.a. more autonomous vehicles are used) then yes it should be implemented, but at it's current state, no.

NO, we did for bike lanes out of the citizens tax money and they still use the sidewalk, road , and crosswalk while wanting to be categorized the same as cars

No and not enough of them out there to meet the cause of providing these lanes. Would cost a lot of resources and money

No, that would be too expensive to implement, but they should have special and noticeably different license plates to ensure public safety

No, they should not allow autonomous vehicles until they're proven that they can drive with everyone else safely

No, but require that every autonomous vehicle has a clearly legible bumper sticker saying that it is an autonomous vehicle

No, because there should not be autonomous vehicles. As in the question and scenario often used in philosophy .

There should never be autonomous vehicles on the road. People should control their own vehicles and not rely upon technology to think for them.

autonomous vehicles should not be able to function on public roads without a driver to take control incase of emergencies

I think there is really no need since the "autonomous vehicles" should be good enough to where they won't cause crashes.

No, it will cause too much confusion and more accidents on the roads because of ignorant and reckless drivers.

The government should not own property or roads and all of it should be privatized and therefore the owners of the now private roads should determine how best to care for and regulate their roads

No, but autonomous vehicles should have markings to inform other drives that this is an autonomous vehicle

Yes, but only in major cities and autonomous vehicles should be easily recognizable by other drivers

No, cities should designate existing lanes for bikes, buses, trams, and walking on foot instead of wasting money and resources building more lanes.

No, designate existing lanes for bikes, buses, walking, and trams instead of wasting money building more lanes.

Only autonomous vehicles that are 100% safe and have been tested by the government should be allowed on roads. If they aren't tested they shouldn't be on the road even if it's a special lane.

Yes but temporarily, until autonomous vehicles are developed enough to understand its surroundings more clearly. Then it would be okay to remove those lanes again.

yes, but i don't see the need for an autonomous vehicle. I feel like it'd be cheaper to hire a real person than pay for experimental technology

Yes, but only if autonomous vehicles become more common place and only in areas where they have high enough numbers to justify it

There should not be any means to get to that point of need in 4 years. WAY too soon because people are still driving with deranged thinking on the concept.

Autonomous vehicles should not be allowed on the road until total comprehensive testing is carried out, after which it should be illegal still to drive distracted whilst in a self-driving vehicle.

No, the expansion of autonomous vehicles should take a backseat to urban development that increases environmentally friendly public transportation and creates walkable communities

The government shouldn't be encouraging, subsidizing, or supporting the creation of autonomous vehicles at all.

No, this creates wider roads and likely wouldn't get used enough to warrant the cost, space, and hassle.

Autonomous vehicles should not even be a thing as we are not advanced enough to ensure their total safety

I think all autonomous ideas should be destroyed and that nobody needs to be sitting in a car or be around a car that is driving itself.

At the moment no because there are no autonomous vehicles, but eventually yes if this technology wants to succeed.

No, because we need to know that autonomous vehicles are safe cars, and that they can be in the thick of traffic, in order for them to become a common thing in the future.

Yes because safety reasons as autonomous vehicles are really not that perfect and you would not want accidents like that between an autonomous vehicle and an actual person driving.

No, same with bikes, adding special lanes for different modes of transport only derail the flow of traffic.

Not yet until the autonomous vehicles become the main thing, however by then all non-autonomous vehicles will be mostly gone so they could just use the existing roads.

Not yet, as more testing is still needed to confirm safety of autonomous vehicles on public roads. Cost of these future designated lanes should be charged to companies and individuals needing to use them and should be determined at the city or county level

Yes, but only if it is completely separated from public lanes, no autonomous vehicles should have access to human driven roads and vice versa.

Autonomous vehicles will be more expensive than human driven ones, and segregating traffic will require more roads, more space, and ultimately make driving a classist discrimination.

As technology increases cities can invest in this but it will cost millions to update lanes for this

I do agree this should be a thing but there are people who will take advantage of this and will ruin it for a lot of people so I don't think this should be a thing at the same time

No, but there should be something that labels the car as autonomous. Like a "student driver" sign, you could have something that says "self-driving car"

Yes, autonomous vehicles perform best in a predictable environment and human drivers introduce too much volatility.

Not right now because there are not enough autonomous vehicles to justify reducing available lanes for other cars. Maybe in the future if there are more autonomous vehicles but not right now

The US dose not need to pay for the introduction additional lanes just for autonomous vehicles if they wish to be on the road they must by 100% clear to drive among human drivers and understand the rules and be able to make the best decision possible based of the situation

No, not at least until autonomous vehicle technology is deemed publicly safe by an independent organization, and even then maybe not.

i dont think we should have them cause one wrong thing in there system and it my kill the people in the are or something

No, more effort should be made for universal, easy public transit, and not individual cars for everyone.

Don’t make autonomous vehicles because driving is never that hard, and if you can afford an autonomous car you can afford Uber.

yes, but only if the percentage of autonomous vs human driven cars gets closer to 30% to 70% non-autonomous

City initiatives should be enacted to push for more autonomous transport in order for all vehicles to eventually be autonomous

I think that it would be a decent idea but it should be in specific areas because if you do it in the city it simply will cause more traffic but if its the highway or a long stretch of road I believe it would be a better idea.

We shouldn't have autonomous vehicles in the first place. They're accidents waiting to happen regardless if they have a special lane or not.

No, if they're supposed to fulfill the purpose of a regular vehicle, why do we need to provide special lanes for them?

Yes, eventually. Cities should prioritize the transition to eventually have lanes for autonomous vehicles only. But transition should be gradual to minimize cost and

Yes, and they shouldn't be allowed on the road until they meet government safety standards specifically written for autonomous vehicles

No, autonomous vehicles shouldn’t be allowed at all unless they’re fully tested and run like a human operated car

No. Trains and busses exist. Public transit should be refined well before we consider special spaces for autonomous vehicles.

No. The last thing the US needs is more car lanes. We need viable alternatives to driving such as public transportation and safe biking infrastructure.

It depends. The answer can change drastically depending on where this is to be implemented and how many autonomous vehicles are set to go through the area in question. This likely can be solved by improving other methods of transport as to remove this question from being considered in the first place.

We should add separate roads for semi’s and large trucks, as that is far more important to safety than a stupid tesla

Not until autonomous vehicles share how their self driving technology works and a public centralized network is worked out

Yes, but only if autonomous vehicles actually become good enough to be both safe and widely-used, which is unlikely.

No, In most locations, the widespread installation of special lanes specifically designated for autonomous vehicles has not yet become regular practice

I think if a large amount of them enter society, then yes as a way to promote safety, and also despite the cost and inefficiency it is the best way for society, but I don't support the use of autonomous vehicles.

No, autonomous vehicles that need a special lane show that it is not ready to be used in the real life and should go back to testing.

No. People will violate the lane law and drive in it anyway, whether it is an autonomous vehicle or not