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Why not just lay out a network of rail lines then?
by brookhaven_dude 8y ago
Why not just lay out a network of rail lines then?
- Brakenshire 8y agoThe technology actually seems perfect for some kind of hybrid between road and rail, if we could build a city from scratch you could make something better than either, with train-like capacity alongside road-like routing. Although I suppose the difficulty limits the market enough to make investment in such a scheme uncompetitive. Perhaps this is what Musk is hoping to get around that with his tunneling idea.
- pintxo 8y agoI'd vote for the other way around. Combine the flexibility of the car with the freedom of riding a train. Let people drive manually to predetermined locations, let's name them a "station". Where the "AI" takes over and lines up cars on predetermined routes, let's name them "tracks". The AI will control the car on the "track" up until the nearest "station" to the destination. From there the driver will manually continue to her destination.
- onemoresoop 8y agoThat is a practical approach until the AI gets better to get you from point A to point B.
- cookingrobot 8y agoTechnology solutions seem to be easier than political ones.
- adrianN 8y agoHave you recently checked the cost of laying out rail lines in cities?