Thanks for reading! I wrote several paragraphs discussing the complexities of how changing (not removing) parking would both remove some kinds of traffic and add others, and did not at all suggest it would lead to traffic disappearing. I also discussed the issue of queuing for pickups.

On traffic waves: I think it's... unsafe to assume that a phenomenon based on human behaviours (not, in fact, just reaction time) would not change if cars are controlled by software.