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> The cheaper, easier, and faster (time to pickup) things get the more likely I'll take advantage of that more often. I think this balances out naturally thoug

> The cheaper, easier, and faster (time to pickup) things get the more likely I'll take advantage of that more often. I think this balances out naturally though in (y)our situation -- there's limited space for taxis near the station, so if a lot of people are taking taxis, the benefit of taking a taxi approaches zero unless the benefit is "sit" rather than "save time." A good example of this is rainy days or typhoons. So in the other cases you list, I wonder if it might not be self-balancing there as well -- as the roads get congested, the benefit of popping a drill into a car to send to a friend or whatever will approach zero as the costs rise due to congested roads.

tokyodude 8y ago
I think you're saying the problem is as more people take taxis the lines for them get longer at the station. But I don't need to wait in that line if I'm going door to door. As for congestion, if all the cars are AI maybe they can pack a few X more cars on the streets? Not saying I like that idea
- sdrothrock 8y ago
  > I think you're saying the problem is as more people take taxis the lines for them get longer at the station. But I don't need to wait in that line if I'm going door to door. I'm saying that the immediate area around the station gets incredibly congested, so it's difficult to get close to the station in anything that approaches a timely fashion. It prevents "door to door" since it takes longer to get to the station "door" with the congestion than it would have taken to simply walk.
  - tokyodude 8y ago
    But I have no desire to go to the station door. I want to go to my destination. From my door to my office door. Or from my door to my friends door. I have zero interest in going to some station to use an outdated mode of transport when I can have a modern and cheap AI car take me directly to where I'm trying to go
    - sdrothrock 8y ago
      My bad; I completely misread your initial post as wanting to replace a 20 minute walk from your house to the station with a taxi.

tokyodude 8y ago

I think you're saying the problem is as more people take taxis the lines for them get longer at the station. But I don't need to wait in that line if I'm going door to door. As for congestion, if all the cars are AI maybe they can pack a few X more cars on the streets? Not saying I like that idea

sdrothrock 8y ago
> I think you're saying the problem is as more people take taxis the lines for them get longer at the station. But I don't need to wait in that line if I'm going door to door. I'm saying that the immediate area around the station gets incredibly congested, so it's difficult to get close to the station in anything that approaches a timely fashion. It prevents "door to door" since it takes longer to get to the station "door" with the congestion than it would have taken to simply walk.
- tokyodude 8y ago
  But I have no desire to go to the station door. I want to go to my destination. From my door to my office door. Or from my door to my friends door. I have zero interest in going to some station to use an outdated mode of transport when I can have a modern and cheap AI car take me directly to where I'm trying to go
  - sdrothrock 8y ago
    My bad; I completely misread your initial post as wanting to replace a 20 minute walk from your house to the station with a taxi.