Two things:

1 TRAFFIC

As the building continues at break neck pace ... I can only imagine how much more traffic will come with all of it. Today, traffic is a pain in the rear, especially during school delivery & pickup times (SUV/minivan rush hour) ... I sure hope leaders in PP are planning a metro or BTS type project and not waiting until it becomes a nightmare. I have experienced the worst of the worst traffic and it blows ... LA, SF, DC, Honolulu, Houston, Sydney ... I feel like Phnom Penh is a very livable medium-sized city. But if they keep building and look past the traffic situation/solutions, I see it becoming very unlivable, just on traffic woes alone.

2 UNEMPLOYED DRIVERS

There has to be near a million Cambodians employed as drivers (estimate) ... In the next five years, most of them could be jobless as AI-powered vehicles replace traditional human-controlled vehicles. It is inevitable. Large companies in the transport industry will see the cost savings ... safety ... efficiency benefits and likely will get rid of human drivers in order to increase their profits. Hope these industries will help their drivers to transition (retraining) to another career field.

PP has a long way to catch up to BKK and Manila..

Can't really see AI vehicles taking over yet in 5 years in PP

The future looks bright, don't let any Greta or Mateo tell you otherwise.

Clutch Cargo wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:33 am PP has a long way to catch up to BKK and Manila..

Can't really see AI vehicles taking over yet in 5 years in PP

It’s hard to even imagine it happening in next 10 years. No where near a million employed drivers anyway… and many delivery drivers (nham24, panda etc) only deliver as a side gig. As the demand for them decreases they’ll gradually divest into other roles.
I expect deliveries could become smarter with AI defined delivery routes which will decrease the number of delivery drivers, but that will need an improvement in addressing, Sreymom, Phmom Penh + phone number will no longer cut it as a delivery address.
But hey, 10 years ago not many saw passapp/grab take over from negotiated Tuktuk rides. So who knows?

khmerhamster wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:09 pm

Clutch Cargo wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:33 am PP has a long way to catch up to BKK and Manila..

Can't really see AI vehicles taking over yet in 5 years in PP

It’s hard to even imagine it happening in next 10 years. No where near a million employed drivers anyway… and many delivery drivers (nham24, panda etc) only deliver as a side gig. As the demand for them decreases they’ll gradually divest into other roles.
I expect deliveries could become smarter with AI defined delivery routes which will decrease the number of delivery drivers, but that will need an improvement in addressing, Sreymom, Phmom Penh + phone number will no longer cut it as a delivery address.
But hey, 10 years ago not many saw passapp/grab take over from negotiated Tuktuk rides. So who knows?

Yeah, I know my number is just a dumb guess, but many will be out of work as drivers sooner than you might think ... already underway in San Francisco. Once these companies crunch the data and realize how much more they can increase the bottom line, it'll happen lickity-split ... hide n watch ... in ASEAN, I suppose Singapore will start the party ... then the others will follow. Factor in drone delivery too.

Kenr wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:05 pm I can get from my place to PNH for 16,300 riel, $4, in a Rormork through PassApp. I would laugh at anyone who thinks they could do it cheaper than that with AI.

Yeah, whilst manpower is so cheap there would be little to no gains. It’s not like PP has a $15 per hour minimum wage to work with… in fact it’s not like Cambodia has any minimum wage for most.