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> autonomous electric vehicles Not to argue, but this doesn’t exist. Not really. Not on the market. Rail, however does exist. Further, what is the mileage equi

• mch82 7y ago
  > autonomous electric vehicles... Not to argue, but this doesn’t exist. That’s a fair critique. The original version of my comment assumed a lot & I’ve hopefully restated it in more achievable terms. I don’t think we can turn on autonomy today & it would work. I do think investing in getting an autonomous transit system in place by the 2030s is a better use of my CA tax dollars than a train.
• mch82 7y ago
  > Rail systematizes discrimination Railways are fixed route. People who rely on rail can only go where the rail goes & have limited freedom to access other destinations. The people who pay for rail (via taxes) are often not the people who use it (since people with extra money tend to purchase cars). Wealthy people tend to not want heavy rail in their back yard, so lobby to have it other places. That means wealthy places lack rail access. Edit: For example this case in Seattle asking if building light rail above ground discriminates against poor communities when rail is built below ground in richer communities. They dropped the suit because they couldn’t afford to keep fighting. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010810&slug=soundtransit10m http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=200... Caveat, I did my primary research for a single grad school course in 2006, so new data may be available.