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Self driving car lanes still means rubber wheels on a blacktop car lane. Blacktop does not last. The maintenance costs for our road system far outstrip our com
by ocschwar 10y ago
Self driving car lanes still means rubber wheels on a blacktop car lane.
Blacktop does not last. The maintenance costs for our road system far outstrip our commitment to maintain them even today.
HSR, though expensive to install, has an advantage in longevity.
- namlem 10y agoWe're paying for it anyway though. It's not like we would get rid of our highways just because we add HSR.
- ocschwar 10y agoYou're paying for SOME of it. Some highways area already being (in effect) written off by neglect. And the more load we take off the highways, for example, by diverting people onto tracks, the less you have to pay for highway upkeep