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Which is great if the train goes from A to B and you need to go from A to B. If you're a contractor like me bouncing between customers all day, a train just is
by tw04 11y ago
Which is great if the train goes from A to B and you need to go from A to B. If you're a contractor like me bouncing between customers all day, a train just isn't going to cut it.
An autonomous car lets me get work done while I travel just like the train. Only it actually gets me from one stop to the next. Taking a train 90% of the way there, then spending an hour walking or finding a taxi to get the last 10% is borderline useless. Great if you sit at a desk all day I suppose.
- icebraining 11y agoAn autonomous car lets me get work done while I travel just like the train. You're lucky; many of us get terribly motion sickness from reading anything in a car. For me, train is fine, though. Taking a train 90% of the way there, then spending an hour walking or finding a taxi to get the last 10% is borderline useless. Why would you take an hour? If we're assuming autonomous cars, then reliable and cheap taxi service for the last mile should be fairly common.
- dragonwriter 11y agoAutonomous cars and trains coexist, and trains are more efficient for long distance travel. In a world where autonomous cars are available, you'll probably be able to get one from your door to the train and from your train to the final destination, rather than walking or trying to "find" a taxi by any means more onerous than having tapped a button in an app, possibly integrated with the workflow of buying a train ticket. And, for long distances, trains will probably be both faster and more reliable than cars, automated or otherwise.