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Honestly, given how badly literally every town/city/municipality here in California is run, I say let Google take over for a while. Maybe we'll at least get dec

• ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  Self-driving cars are expected to do the opposite of improving public transit. Since cars can drive themselves in addition, there are actually more cars on the road than before, and the added convenience of summoning a private vehicle makes using public transit less appealing and less likely. An article... last week? pointed out that Uber and Lyft have also hurt public transit usage.
  • FreakyT 9y ago
    In the short term, sure. But larger self-driving vehicles, especially combined with dedicated lanes, could have the potentially to fully realize personal-rapid-transit[1] concepts. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_rapid_transit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_rapid_transit