Would I even need a snowblower?

I spent a bunch of time today on our walk thinking about self driving cars. I do that a lot these days when I'm stuck in traffic, looking at the car just sitting in the driveway, paying for parking, dodging people doing dumb things with their vehicles, etc.

I started to imagine 100 years from now when self drive cars are not just the default, but the only choice for public roads. People drive cars would be relegated to private property or niche race tracks like horse racing is today.

Not only would traffic flow well, but roads wouldn't need to have capacity in both directions. If you had 6 lanes total, in the morning you could have 5 going in one direction and change it in real time as load on the "road system" increased.

Most individuals wouldn't own cars, only the super rich would bother. Everyone else would have a service that would have a pool of cars ready for our call. Businesses would have sheltered drop off / pickup areas and cars would go someplace else. Cars wouldn't need to be brushed off because they would either be on the move or parked in a sheltered setting. A garage would only be used to store "stuff" and maybe a cargo bike. You wouldn't even need a snowblower because you would only need to clear a path from the front door to the road / sidewalk. The public snow clearing equipment would of course also be automated.

The more I think about it, the more that I agree that it will be one of the biggest societal changes we have seen in recent memory.

I can't wait.