That wouldn't be the case for automated cars. It's true that regular cars sit in parking lots, possibly indoors, for much of the time. But that's because the owner of the car hardly ever needs to use it and when the owner doesn't use it nobody else can use it. A driverless car would never sit around though, it would just go pick someone else up after dropping off the last person.
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Ah, in a 3rd party system, where the service is constantly having cars in motion you mean? There has been talk of Tesla's having this as a future feature, where the owner is in a stationary location like at work or home,and the car is out shuttling other people around earning the owner revenue. I wonder how such a model could increase traffic since it would assume no cars are at rest in garages, parking decks, etc. It could be more efficient if it was all in sync though