Originally Posted by
c_m_shooter
Tubeless is not needed for the riding you describe. Tubeless is for lower tire pressures on singletrack rides. I hear some are going tubeless on road bikes, but I am not sure why. I tried it on a cyclocross bike years ago with bad results. Good road tires just don't flat that often, and I ride through a section of road regularly that looks like gravel, but is actually broken glass.
I do most of my riding on roads, and have migrated from 23 - 25mm road tires to 28-32mm tubeless. Night and day difference between ride quality. I used to run 100-110psi with tubes, tubeless I'm at 60-65psi. With the rough roads, it's like a different bike.
I should mention that my impetus for switching was flatting out - I just got tired of changing flats all the time. With tubes - zero flats to date.