"Imagine the infrastructure gained if urban centers adopted this model, staging areas for autonomous vehicles to whisk you from shopping to home, or to an event downtown involving alcohol. No more parking lots/garages or even street parking. No maintenance worries, just pay a subscription fee for the service and you are in. "
The "future of urban mobility" area is a sweet spot for my new business partners and I. Several of them have already been heavily involved in this area, and we are connected to all of of the major players.
For example, Toyota has made great commitments:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ces-toyota-big-smart-city/index.html
And there are of plenty of what are for some, non-obvious adjacencies. For example companies in the advertising arena are already thinking about how to access "passengers" is some types of these future urban conveyances-- kind or like what we already have as advertising mechanisms in public transportation. Just the mid-21st century version.
And lest we not forget, the flying urban conveyances are coming along quickly... and there again, the opportunities are vast and deep.
Here is a manifestation of bets being placed:
https://aerospace.honeywell.com/en/learn/supported-platforms/urban-air-mobility