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This is a terrible idea. Taxpayers pay for the fuel in that bus, the maintenance of that bus, and the roads it rides on. We’re not funding that so Jeff Bezos ca

This is a terrible idea. Taxpayers pay for the fuel in that bus, the maintenance of that bus, and the roads it rides on. We’re not funding that so Jeff Bezos can add another hundred million to his pocket tax free. This is bullshit. If delivery companies want to profit off the public transportation system, they should be paying into said system. Especially if their new plan to deliver their goods is designed to undermine and circumvent the US Postal Service, another taxpayer funded delivery system.

xwdv 6y ago
Bike couriers already can jump on buses with their packages to save on time and energy. Not a new concept.
- mayama 6y ago
  Bike couriers will be paying when they hop on bus. Drone operators also have to consider how to pay, of course after evaluating if this approach is legal in the first place.
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adrianmonk 6y ago
Your objection seems to be based on an implicit assumption that the drones would ride for free. I don't see any reason to believe it would happen that way. What public transit agency would ever agree to that? To me, it seems like a more reasonable assumption is that the drone operators would pay the transit agencies money. Since the buses are already going on those routes, the marginal cost for the transit agency should be nearly zero, so it should be easy to make a profit. So this seems like a good way for transit agencies to increase their funding with little downside.
- vulcan01 6y ago
  Increasing the transit agencies' funding would also lead to less taxes...
jldugger 6y ago
>This is bullshit. If delivery companies want to profit off the public transportation system, they should be paying into said system Okay, "nodrones123," if the companies paid for this, do you now approve? Or is this just the first in a litany of complaints that will be rolled out whack-a-mole style?

xwdv 6y ago

Bike couriers already can jump on buses with their packages to save on time and energy. Not a new concept.

mayama 6y ago
Bike couriers will be paying when they hop on bus. Drone operators also have to consider how to pay, of course after evaluating if this approach is legal in the first place.
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adrianmonk 6y ago

Your objection seems to be based on an implicit assumption that the drones would ride for free. I don't see any reason to believe it would happen that way. What public transit agency would ever agree to that? To me, it seems like a more reasonable assumption is that the drone operators would pay the transit agencies money. Since the buses are already going on those routes, the marginal cost for the transit agency should be nearly zero, so it should be easy to make a profit. So this seems like a good way for transit agencies to increase their funding with little downside.

vulcan01 6y ago
Increasing the transit agencies' funding would also lead to less taxes...

jldugger 6y ago

>This is bullshit. If delivery companies want to profit off the public transportation system, they should be paying into said system Okay, "nodrones123," if the companies paid for this, do you now approve? Or is this just the first in a litany of complaints that will be rolled out whack-a-mole style?