Google funded study finds using Google autonomous vehicle technology is best choice? No, that's not suspicious.

After the VTA's disastrous --- and now temporarily withdrawn --- proposal to ruin El Camino Real with "bus only lanes", I don't trust the VTA as far as I could throw one of their empty El Camino mega-buses. The VTA seems to be staffed by a bunch of highly mediocre, politicized bureaucrats far more interested in protecting their cushy jobs, salaries, and huge pensions rather than promoting realistic policies --- policies they can't possibly think of, let alone comprehend. To wit, self-driving vehicles won't relieve vehicular traffic to & from N Bayshore.

The best solution is the Light Rail solution. And then you face the obvious question. Where will the light rail riders park their cars???? Downtown MV??? Really???

What about an aerial solution? Helicopters could ferry people to and from specific locations owned by Google or some other major employer. They could fly at 500 feet above the train tracks and freeways to minimize the noise impact on nearby homes.
They are safe, fast and efficient.

Chained autonomous vehicles are a great idea, particularly if: (1) They are driverless and available to all through an app, and (2) Run primarily on roadways dedicated solely for their use during commute times.

Did they looks at electric bike shares with dedicated, protected pathways? Would let people get a Tony amount of exercise and fresh air, too!

What ever happened to tele-commutting? Work from home. Live in Tracy. Or how about in Montana - far away from North Korean nuclear missles or packages thinning the herd in Silicon Valley?

@James C.
I occasionally telecommute. There are still advantages to being in the same office with the people you're collaborating with.

Re telecommuting: this should be given more consideration. It's not a new idea- 'way back when (late 70's and early '80's) at this apt. we had a few tenants who t-c'd for HP for 3 days/wk, requiring that they meet at office 2days/wk. There is at present one tenant who t-c's for his small family's sake. These examples should be more of the norm if we are to deal with our deteriorating traffic problem. Thought: it's easier to lay more optic cable than to add streets.
For that matter, what about satellite offices dedicated to t-c located unobtrusively closer to residential areas?
Also, bike paths and dedicated flyways and bridges could well be integrated with electric/light trans in a bid to forgo the usual auto approachs that generate so much of the current traffic woes. The above study could take the attitude that regards auto dependency as an obsolete technology for future city development.

Re telecommuting: this should be given more consideration. It's not a new idea- ' Thought: it's easier to lay more optic cable than to add streets.
For that matter, what about satellite offices dedicated to t-c located unobtrusively closer to residential areas?
Also, bike paths and dedicated flyways and bridges could well be integrated with electric/light trans in a bid to forgo the usual auto approachs that generate so much of the current traffic woes. The above study could take the attitude that regards auto dependency as an obsolete technology for future city development.

The key is to find something for the VTA to do. And with retirements and pensions piling up, employing robots only make sense. Taxpapers can only hope that the robots do not form or join a public employees' union.