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When I began my business career with a Wall Street bank in 1964, we were three years away from getting our first IBM computer. NCR machines were the best that we had. Today's modern banking system would not be where it is if it were not for the sophisticated computer systems that were subsequently developed and deployed.  Who in 1964 could have foreseen where banking systems would be today?  I hold a commercial pilot's license with multi-engine, instrument, flight instructor, instrument flight instructor and corresponding ground instructor ratings.  I learned to fly in 1958.  It was hands on stick and rudder flying. Today's commercial airliners pretty much fly themselves.  Computers manage all of the systems, although the pilots can override them if necessary.  They simply fly the airplane better than humans can fly them.  Who would have guessed in 1958 that aviation would advance to the place it is today? Fully automated personal vehicles would not necessarily mean higher speeds.  Initially, they may mean somewhat lower speeds.  And only be applicable, at least initially, in high density urban areas.  They could, perhaps, be a mechanism for greatly increasing the capacity of the existing highway systems. Who knows?  No one knows what the future will bring. That is why planners use scenario analysis to come up with a reasonable number of plausible possibilities. If you believe we are at the end of the technology development curve, then the notion of automated personal vehicles may seem over the top. But if you think, as I do, that we are not even near the end of the beginning of the technology curve, lots of things that have not yet been imagined will pop up as practicable ideas.
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