Edmonton's transportation committee tried to peer into the future Wednesday as they weighed their road development priorities.
The committee heard up to 60 interchanges need to be built in the next 50 years, costing between $4 billion and $7 billion, to deal with projected increases in traffic. Of those, 21 (up to $2 billion worth) are considered high-priority and should be built in the next 10-15 years.
But some believe the plans are missing the effect on homeowners and not considering future technology.
Paul Godsmark, an expert in autonomous vehicles, says the ultimate impact of driverless cars could mean much of the infrastructure may not be needed as each one of these cars will take an average of six of today's vehicles off the road.
"My concern is there is a gross error in the methods used to forecast and model the future traffic requirements," said Godsmark.
He said more consideration has to be given to the possibility that automated cars will be appearing on Edmonton's roads no later than 2023.
"Once automated vehicles are deployed, it is very possible that the numbers of vehicles on the roads quickly start to fall," he said.
Though the cars have yet to take root in any city, interest has been expressed from both Los Angeles and Helsinki.

City of Edmonton talking about driverless cars on city streets | Matter of when



Well I am Sure it will be Interesting to see When this Happens.
Considering we still haven't really soloved the Pothole Issues in and Around The City.