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so what, i'm not supposed to have any good way to cut across the city and get to the airport? also in the world of automated cars we're about to enter i would

so what, i'm not supposed to have any good way to cut across the city and get to the airport? also in the world of automated cars we're about to enter i would think the amount of people you can transport via freeway would far outstrip rail, not to mention that there are obvious consumer preferences. I love rail, but i feel like we're about to see rail become far less pervasive with automated cars / busses etc coming online. it will just be that much more convenient to get to where you're going.

lagadu 11y ago
Metro. It's also the fastest, cheapest and most convenient way to get to the airport in the cities I've lived in. Not affected by traffic either.
masklinn 11y ago
> so what, i'm not supposed to have any good way to cut across the city and get to the airport? If you come from inside the city, the city could (and should) have the transportation necessary. If you come from outside the city, the article is only about intra-urban highways, not about circular roads to go around the city if you just need to go through to the other side. > also in the world of automated cars we're about to enter i would think the amount of people you can transport via freeway would far outstrip rail That makes very little sense. > I love rail, but i feel like we're about to see rail become far less pervasive with automated cars / busses etc coming online. it will just be that much more convenient to get to where you're going. I'd expect the opposite. With full car automation you remove the necessity for car ownership and parking, this means you can easily get automated transport to a hub, then use public transport from there. That's especially the case for intra-urban transport, even in cities with good intra-urban public transport there is very limited capacity and convenience to leave your car on the outskirt and jump on light rail or metro if you come from the suburbs or from a neighbouring city. Automated cars fix this, you just leave the car and it goes do something else, the other way around you can notify the system that you'll need a car when your traincar reaches whichever station, and it can wait you there.
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lagadu 11y ago

Metro. It's also the fastest, cheapest and most convenient way to get to the airport in the cities I've lived in. Not affected by traffic either.

masklinn 11y ago

> so what, i'm not supposed to have any good way to cut across the city and get to the airport? If you come from inside the city, the city could (and should) have the transportation necessary. If you come from outside the city, the article is only about intra-urban highways, not about circular roads to go around the city if you just need to go through to the other side. > also in the world of automated cars we're about to enter i would think the amount of people you can transport via freeway would far outstrip rail That makes very little sense. > I love rail, but i feel like we're about to see rail become far less pervasive with automated cars / busses etc coming online. it will just be that much more convenient to get to where you're going. I'd expect the opposite. With full car automation you remove the necessity for car ownership and parking, this means you can easily get automated transport to a hub, then use public transport from there. That's especially the case for intra-urban transport, even in cities with good intra-urban public transport there is very limited capacity and convenience to leave your car on the outskirt and jump on light rail or metro if you come from the suburbs or from a neighbouring city. Automated cars fix this, you just leave the car and it goes do something else, the other way around you can notify the system that you'll need a car when your traincar reaches whichever station, and it can wait you there.

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