I sympathize. I commute on a bike and wish more people would do it. The reality, however, is that cities are built around personal transportation being a thing.
What you've suggested is just shoehorning something in (centralized government-run personal transportation) apparently without any thought of how it would actually impact commute time traffic, or whether other infrastructure enhancements would be more ideal.
For public transit to work it has to scale to the number of people who actually need it. In most cities it does not. Adding electric taxis at a ratio of 1 to 5 commuters makes absolutely zero sense. Adding electric taxis at a ratio of 5 to 5 commuters still makes no sense. It's just a dumb idea.
^ I'm not going to refute an argument you haven't made. Your hypothesis is that "what we have sucks" (true), your conclusion "therefore literally anything I just pulled out of thin air is better."
Your conclusion is not supported by facts presented. If you would be so kind as to justify your assertion it would be a lot more interesting to think through it and you might convince me. But as-is, what you've put forth is lazy and poorly thought out.
We both can't backup our claims with real data but I feel like what we have right now is the worst possible solution in almost every aspects. Personal cars, personal insurances, personal parking spots, none of that make sense. It's a massive waste of resource, money and space that has a gigantic effect on everyone living in a city.
It would also be a huge incentive for people to start looking into other types of transportation.
What you've suggested is just shoehorning something in (centralized government-run personal transportation) apparently without any thought of how it would actually impact commute time traffic, or whether other infrastructure enhancements would be more ideal.
For public transit to work it has to scale to the number of people who actually need it. In most cities it does not. Adding electric taxis at a ratio of 1 to 5 commuters makes absolutely zero sense. Adding electric taxis at a ratio of 5 to 5 commuters still makes no sense. It's just a dumb idea.