Self‑Driving Cars as Feminist Infrastructure

Treat robotaxis and autonomous mobility services as public infrastructure that specifically reduces unpaid caregiving time—by enabling secure, supervised school drop‑offs, errands, and eldercare trips—thereby changing how households combine paid work and care. Policy choices (permitting, safety rules, school coordination protocols) will determine whether this technology redistributes time or simply reproduces existing burdens. — If framed and regulated as care infrastructure, autonomous vehicles could alter labor‑market outcomes, fertility decisions, and urban planning in ways that matter for gender equality and demographics.