Quote Originally Posted by Badly Ironed Shirt View Post
What free travel? A train journey costs money, a bus journey costs money, a car journey costs money.

I can see a driverless taxi service becoming common in most cities by 2035. I can't see it being the main mode of transport before 2050.

Benefits - no need to buy a car (saving thousands). No need to maintain a car (saving hundreds a year). Fewer cars on the road, meaning fewer accidents, and less road maintenance.
Negatives - less freedom to drive where you want and when you want. Prices can be driven artificially high by profiteers (but oil companies do this anyhow). Cars may be unavailable during poor weather.
Not free travel as in costing money, more like restricted travel, they want to make cities and human settlements inclusive and "safe" outside of those there will be high carbon taxes/footprint taxes for anyone wanting to travel.

We will all be having smart meters soon too, yay