Here are the nominations for our target city in the Reddit project to analyze the impact of driverless cars in a major city. Vote or comment now!

The city has now been chosen: NYC

If you have not already done so, please read our Idea/proposal and Official Plan. We will be illustrating the theoretical impact if driverless cars were fully and successfully adopted in this city. What would be the physical, social, cultural, environmental, financial changes? Here are the nominations for our target city:

Phoenix (written by Slytherin_Auror)

• Not nearly the size of L.A. but the traffic congestion and city size are relevant

• Relatively isolated and closed/limited (not part of unending metropolis that is actually a combination of cities). That will make it easier to think about the hypothetical system and we won't have to spend much time explaining other cities or boundaries.

• It just seems that it has the space needed to really have this system work. We don't have the greatest Mass Transit system like most Cities do.

Dallas (written by JoeYoungblood)

• It's a rich city with oil money literally flowing through it. They could afford the major upgrades or have them gifted by people like the Bush family or T. Boone. (not that this matters for our scenario)

• Lousy public transportation (the dart is nice) but the bus systems are shit.

• The metroplex is home to 6.9 million people, 4.7 million live outside of Dallas and commute in each day, making for heavy traffic congestion, lack of parking options, and big honkin headaches.

Atlanta (written by Sabledrake)

• The city chosen should be big, but perhaps not one of the giants (LA, New York, Chicago, etc)

• Improved interface between airport and city. Self-driving cars would greatly simplify car rentals/airport pickup, and make navigating in an unfamiliar city much easier.

• Unification of downtown and outlying areas. Reduced traffic would allow easy access to downtown from outlying areas, while self-driving cars would also allow the elimination of parking lots downtown. This could lead to a revitalized city center.

• My own words: famous, huge, relies on cars, would be subject to drastic visual and non-visual changes, and is not one of the ultra-major cities. I also feel that driverless car fleets would have a greater effect in a city like Atlanta that has fewer innovative public transportation alternatives.

Pittsburg (written by mc_ogma)

• Worst city to drive in, with lousy public transit