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Hopefully New York permits them to operate in the city despite recently limiting the number of ride sharing drivers.
by cenal 8y ago
Hopefully New York permits them to operate in the city despite recently limiting the number of ride sharing drivers.
- perennate 8y agoI don't see any reason for New York to permit them, especially in the city center, before they have been proven safe over at least five to ten years in less urban and crowded environments.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago>I don't see any reason for New York to permit them If the right people donate the right amount to the right things they will be permitted. This is how government in NYC works.
- VikingCoder 8y agoYou don't see any reason? * I've seen research that indicates there are fewer drunk driving fatalities, when things like Uber are available in a town. I would imagine self-driving cars would follow that same trend. * I would guess that more people able to stay out late, drinking and spending money. * I've heard that with 10% of traffic being self-driving that it reduces overall traffic congestion. That sounds great. * Potentially reducing the demand for parking, which increases the supply for development (which yields more tax income for the city) * Potentially makes longer commutes more palatable, allowing people to work farther away from home, which eases housing costs. * Easier tourism. * Easier access for the disabled. Those seem like good reasons, in favor.
- umanwizard 8y agoHow much time have you spent in the "city center" of New York ?
- VikingCoder 8y agoI suspect that if you started from the outside, and worked your way in, that even small impacts on traffic outside of the "city center" could have large impacts on the "city center" of New York. And even if it doesn't, having a small positive impact on areas outside the "city center" would still be a good thing.
- djsumdog 8y agoNYC needs train restoration. Self driving cars wouldn't even hit 1/50th the capacity of the subway system.
- djsumdog 8y agoExactly. And self driving cars cannot even come anywhere near close to the capacity of the trains, which need desperate renovation. NYC needs to dump money into new rail stock, new rail, tunnel renovation and a massive Penn Station overhaul. Those will be more valuable two decades from now over self driver cars. Personally I think self driving cars will be a no-start in NYC. I doubt one will make it more than three months in the city before killing someone.
- ant6n 8y agoThey also need cbtc, that is, self driving trains. This will allow higher frequencies (more capacity) and moving to single person operation (reducing operating costs, if the union would allow it)