Maintenance is likely to be cheaper per mile for an autonomous car than a human driven one, though a combination of actually being on a regular cycle, dedicated

Maintenance is likely to be cheaper per mile for an autonomous car than a human driven one, though a combination of actually being on a regular cycle, dedicated fleet facilities, and better driving practices. As far as autonomous vs traditional public transit, it's a false dichotomy. Municipalities will use both when it comes to moving people around, because they're good for different use cases. You choose one particular metric where trains do win out, but that's an irrelevancy, because it's not even close to feasible to build a system of trains that do everything that cars currently are able to do.