Comment Autonomous trucking (Score 1) 173
Autonomous trucking with human last-leg is the future for long-haul trucking. Let a truck run highway-only between major points with hand-offs to human drivers for last-mile deliveries. This will be cheaper than current trucking and up to 2x faster due to the now-enforced 10hr driving periods.
Once that is in place, I don't see a market for enough volume needing the extra speed to pay for the infrastructure.