Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I am looking forward to autonomous driving with call cars for city and countryside soon. If these cars are operated in an energy-friendly way, they do not need to be fully occupied but can/may also drive with only one person per route. Without personnel, they should also be quite affordable to use. In fact, I am already very excited about the day I can do without our car. Even the reduction from two cars to one car I find extremely pleasant. My expectations for such a means of transport are quite modest: on call within minutes, reliable, reasonably clean, safe, and relatively affordable. (Die Anruf-Transportmittel müssen auch nicht unbedingt das sein, was wir so unter Auto verstehen; meinetwegen auch solche "Schwebekissendinger" o.ä.. Das wäre sogar noch besser, dann bräuchten wir weniger gut ausgebaute Straßen.)

Hello,

My demands for such a means of transport are quite modest: available on call within minutes, reliable, reasonably clean, safe, and relatively inexpensive.

Your demands are completely understandable and justified, but unfortunately not achievable in the foreseeable future. Fully autonomous vehicles in the sense of a taxi without a driver will still take a very long time. What is currently sold as autonomous driving is perhaps the first 5-10% of the problem. The issue is unfortunately much, much more complex than Mr. Musk wants to admit.

We can’t wait for that. However, it would already help a lot if a right to home office were anchored in the law, cities consistently focused on bicycles and public transport, and the general truck transport madness were somewhat curbed. That would already remove a lot of traffic. Take a look at cities like Copenhagen.

Best regards,

Andreas

Well, I would let my bonus child take public transport more often; Berlin has an expensive but quite good public transport system. But his mother doesn’t agree. The route is too long or it gets dark too early in winter - no, that’s too dangerous! I hope that changes when he’s 14 or so. It doesn’t help, of course, that she has subscribed to the police reports.

There are also areas where you either can't use public transport at all or it takes 4 hours for a 15-minute car trip... On top of that at times that no one needs

Well, I would let my bonus child use public transport more often, Berlin does have an expensive but quite good public transportation system.
But his mother doesn’t agree. The route is too long or it gets dark too early in winter – No, that’s too dangerous!
I hope that changes when he’s 14 or so.
Of course, it doesn’t help that she’s subscribed to the police reports.

So his mother drives him. You have problems… ;-)

My expectations for such a means of transport are quite modest: on demand within minutes, reliable, reasonably clean, safe, and relatively inexpensive.

That is not modest, that is almost the full list ;)