As an Atlanta driver, there are few places that give me more personal anxiety than the parking lot at Lenox Square Mall. (The Home Depot Midtown lot and the Trader Joe’s parking lot are close contenders, though).
It’s not just human drivers to blame anymore for parking frustrations. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are already adding a new layer of chaos to Atlanta’s most crowded lots.
While convenient for riders, AVs are already disrupting parking operations at places like Lenox Square Mall, dropping off passengers in inconvenient spots, clogging valet lanes, and creating bottlenecks for pedestrians and traffic alike. At Lenox, the situation had become acute enough that Simon Property Group, which runs the mall, called it an “emergency situation.”…