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Such a system would still be much more inefficient than fixed-route transit because of the winding routes required and insufficient concentration of demand.
by akgerber 11y ago
Such a system would still be much more inefficient than fixed-route transit because of the winding routes required and insufficient concentration of demand.
- wpietri 11y agoI would like to see the math on that. It's inefficient in terms of bus-miles driven, but assuming that we value people's time, it's not clear to me it would be inefficient in dollar terms. Yes, insufficient concentration is a problem, which means that living in the suburbs would still be more expensive in transport costs. I still expect (or perhaps hope) that we'd see a contraction back to more dense urban cores. But automated transportation could provide a bridge between the suburban model and whatever comes after.