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How's Lyft Shuttle doing? (genuine question, I don't know) https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/06/lyft-reinvents-the-bus.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/
by chubot 7y ago
How's Lyft Shuttle doing? (genuine question, I don't know)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/06/lyft-reinvents-the-bus.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/06/lyft-reinvents-the-b...
The point is that we already have self-driving vehicles. You press a button on your phone and somebody drives you around. Whether it's a premium ride, a shared ride, or a bus is an orthogonal issue to whether the driver is human, which is a matter of cost.
The fact that it's a cost issue makes it look even worse and further out for driverless.
If there is demand for a shuttle along predetermined routes, it would already exist with a driver, and that's what Lyft Shuttle is if I understand correctly. I haven't seen it in SF or heard of anyone using it. It's definitely possible that they could figure out the product and it will become popular, but that has little to do with self-driving.
- golemiprague 7y agoThere are certain aspects of the technology which can reduce infrastructure cost, for example a train following two lines on the road rather than actual tracks, it is already happening in China and saves money. So there are technology aspects which could improve transportation by utilising certain "AI" solutions but yeah, not necessarily driver less.
- IanCal 7y ago> The fact that it's a cost issue makes it look even worse and further out for driverless. I see it the other way, they slot immediately and easily into already existing businesses and if the only difference is cost consumers are likely to swap over.