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    1. Greg Lindsay‏ @Greg_Lindsay 2 Jan 2018

      Greg Lindsay Retweeted Thijs Niks

      Here's a thread from a product manager at Uber explicitly detailing his (and presumably his employer's) vision for disrupting and replacing mass transit with fleets of EV/AVs. This isn't a secret.https://twitter.com/ThijsNiks/status/947113982661414912 …

      Greg Lindsay added,

      Thijs Niks @thijsniks
      A big turning point will be once self-driving cars are cheaper than mass rail transport (tram, metro, train). The average per mile cost in the UK is £0.31 for cars vs £0.16 for trains now, so we need a 50% drop.
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    2. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @Greg_Lindsay

      I’m not working on our self-driving initiatives, so no. This is my personal take on extending public information.

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    3. Greg Lindsay‏ @Greg_Lindsay 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @thijsniks

      Good to know, thanks! But I don't imagine you're an outlier there. (Nor are your thoughts on rail out of line with projections by BCG and others).

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    4. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @Greg_Lindsay

      Thijs Niks Retweeted Thijs Niks

      There are definitely more people in this school of thought. For me, it comes back to what people want, not any personal preference. I happily use my bike and the metro to go to work now.https://twitter.com/ThijsNiks/status/947107834428383232 …

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      People want transport to be: Cheaper Faster More reliable Safer Door-to-door Private Less polluting (In assumed order of importance)
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    5. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 Jan 2018
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      Thijs Niks Retweeted Thijs Niks

      Downtown self-driving car/metro capacity remains the largest unknown for me. It could very well be that computers won't be able to handle mixed city traffic efficiently enough for a long time to be competitive with rail transport.https://twitter.com/ThijsNiks/status/947113987522596864 …

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      The transport of choice for commuting changes dramatically if you look at cities instead of countries. In New York City, 60% go by public transport and 30% by car. In London, 50% take public transport and 30% go by car. pic.twitter.com/nq9BdZhnDo
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    6. Greg Lindsay‏ @Greg_Lindsay 2 Jan 2018
      Replying to @thijsniks

      Yes, it could be! Which is why I'm on record as having a very dim view of Uber and others sowing FUD about the future of transit in an era of EV/AV fleets. It won't take much to convince governments to stop investing if a brave new world supposedly awaits.

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      Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 2 Jan 2018
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      Thijs Niks Retweeted Thijs Niks

      Fair enough, that’s something we can agree on. Governments being hesitant about infrastructural investments seems to mostly be an American issue though. I do want governments (not just companies) to rethink what a “digital” road looks like.https://twitter.com/ThijsNiks/status/947111727203831808 …

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      As time progresses, governments will understand that building a road is half their job and publishing live data about it the other half. Access to the location, condition, utilization, and speed limits of each road in the past, present, and future will be baseline expectation. pic.twitter.com/W3fqaV88MP
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