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>being able to go where you want, any time you want And self-driving taxis mean you can use them for those journeys, and rely on more efficient public transpor
by aninhumer 9y ago
>being able to go where you want, any time you want
And self-driving taxis mean you can use them for those journeys, and rely on more efficient public transport for everything else.
> in a conveyance that doesn't smell like urine
This is not an inherent issue with public transport. I take the bus to work every day and it's never smelled of urine.
- Turing_Machine 9y ago"And self-driving taxis mean you can use them for those journeys" No. You will have to call the taxi and wait for it to arrive, and (inevitably) you're going to have to wait a lot longer at peak times. That is not the same as going any time you want.
- aninhumer 9y agoWell okay. If you really feel that being able to take a trip to a less accessible location at a few seconds notice at peak times is vitally important to you, then you're still free to own your own self-driving car. But I think most people would much rather wait a few minutes on those occasions and save their money. (And FWIW, I think it could be fairly quick, since you don't have to pay a self-driving car to sit around in a small town in case someone needs it.)
- Turing_Machine 9y agoEvidence is against it. We have cabs (also Uber, Lyft, etc.) now, but most people outside dense urban cores still choose to own their own car.
- lmm 9y agoThat's less true of the younger generation though.