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How Would For-Hire Autonomous Vehicles Impact NYC? — Open Plans

Open Plans · Jul 25, 2026

Lessons from California on Safety, VMT, and Parking. [Full PDF report available inside]

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Expanding into new cities is hard, and not only technically. Every city arrives with its own backlog of unsolved problems , and whoever moves first to change anything should expect to meet them all. Does that create a first-mover moat, or is patience the better strategy: let someone else absorb the political cost and walk in behind them? Either way, if you're already in the market, e.g. Uber, sitting on the bench isn't really an option, began the fleets wars have.

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