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I think it boils down to loving the tech but being unable to see past the current system.
The tech could be good. There are issues with cars of course - individual maintenance, tire pollution, and combustion if not electric. But buses are the same just for more people and everything else has steep infrastructure requirements.
Cars are the minimum product for hauling people and things under nearly any circumstance. I think taxis will always have a place in society, especially in low density areas like rural mountains. A fleet of a dozen cars would probably be just as if not more effective than two or three buses for a sparse region in say Appalachia or the Andes.
As with most tech, it would be great if it were publicly administered and owned with serving the community as the central goal.
Very true yes though the same rule applies somewhat - individual transit that can be publicly run and prob autonomous for less populated areas is critical and cannot easily be filled by traditional public transit. Be it a car or lorry or tuk tuk, people need to move heavy things to specific places sometimes.
