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With high-quality human-powered mobility networks, people could increasingly forgo using automobiles. Work to reduce the number of automobiles on the road is currently being led by cities through benefits given to ride-sharers, such as designated High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) highway lanes (also known as carpool lanes), which may allow faster commutes; ride-hailing taxes, which increase the cost of Ubers and Lyfts in high-congestion areas, and thus may cause more people to instead use human-powered transportation or public transportation; and “pay to drive” taxes, another form of taxes imposed on driving in high-congestion areas. In April 2019, New York City became the first American city to implement a “pay to drive” tax. It targets drivers entering Manhattan and driving into its busiest neighborhoods, with the goal of encouraging more people to use public transportation or carpool.

The number of cars purchased may also be reduced through the automated cars of the future. In Robot, Take the Wheel, author Jason Torchinsky theorizes that we are on a path toward a future filled with automated cars. Torchinsky believes that this could be a future of more car shares and fewer individual car owners, and cars that “drive themselves” around all day instead of sitting in parking spaces.38