i take muni almost every day. huge fan of public transit, but self driving cars may eliminate need https://medium.com/the-ferenstein-wire/futuristic-simulation-finds-self-driving-taxibots-will-eliminate-90-of-cars-open-acres-of-618a8aeff01#.i03jfshjr …
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cars did not obviate the need for fixed-line rail transit. All the companies like Lyft & Uber understand this.
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we don't know that yet. US cities destroyed perfectly good streetcar lines for bus systems that never really worked.
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buses work fine, we just have so few. self driving buses are already in other countries. better than fixed line
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does he like sitting in traffic?
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lol taxibots, maybe they come via hyperloop
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the irony is he thinks that "self-driving taxi-bots" will a) be the solution & b) not have to be heavily public funded anyhow
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it's like "know what we call that system? A self driving bus"
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In the age of self-driving cars public transit will be one of the few things that may help avoid re-suburbanization.
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@ferenstein thing is, in many cities in Europe even the rich people take public transport because it's so good. -
the future of cities is actually car-free, not robot cars: https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomicforum/videos/10153670396771479/ …
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