I read an interview with the engineer that designed the expansion of the Freeway in Chicago. he said in theory traffic should always flow but he says people constantly changing lanes and driving stupid causes 1 person to brake which then cascades down. If the streets were filled with autonomous cars that spoke to each other, traffic jams wouldn't exist.
This is exactly right. Anyone who has ever directed traffic or been involved in any type of job involving traffic knows this. Computers will eliminate this, allow faster driving, make the traffic lights efficient, and calculate and manage most efficient routes and flow. Because one single SkyNet type AI will control it all, they will be able to cut traffic times in half.
Because of this, you will all be kicking yourselves that you didn't buy cheap property 2 hours from major city employment hubs. Right now the barrier is pretty much one hour in traffic/driving. With self driving cars you double the distance a car can go in 1 hour.
