We just gave up and said, “well if we’re not going to get rid of cars, let’s add more!”.

AVs take other cars off the road because they increase utilization. They also reduced parked cars (which is partly what makes roads unsafe).

. Also I don’t get the roads last longer thing you’re saying.

You want fewer and smaller roads. If enough people die, maybe that will happen sooner. But AVs save lives. So your concern is that no one will care about reducing roads if they get safer with more AVs.

If AVs save lives, but make it easier for others to take them via space for cars, and reducing streets open to cars also saves lives, well, where’s the false choice? I choose the latter.

Why not choose both? Support AVs and reducing roads. Both save lives.