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I wasn't aware that the lack of drivers is what was holding up public transit.
by soco 4y ago
I wasn't aware that the lack of drivers is what was holding up public transit.
- ncmncm 4y agoPresumably their wages is meant. Labor, not just by drivers but also mechanics and other staff, is a substantial part of transit costs. Cutting fuel cost makes wages a bigger fraction. Reduced maintenance load of an electric fleet could be important.
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- teh64 4y agoBut that is more the cost of other stuff. I bet the difference in costs between driver and self-driving vehicles that are as reliably and safe as bus drivers is not that much. Mechanics etc... would still need to exist for driverless vehicles just as much. I think creating electric busses is much needed, without dumping lots of money into making them autonomous at the start.
- Dylan16807 4y agoWell, electric busses have already been created. We need a lot of them, for sure, but an extra half percent on the budget isn't going to replace fleets. I'm happy for that money, all paid for by random investors, to go into further-flung research.
- MomoXenosaga 4y agoIt's not. What would make Americans take the bus is frequency, reliability, cleanliness and free wifi. And fucking bus lanes. But that's boring isn't it?
- mrguyorama 4y agoWhat would make Americans take buses would also be if they just stopped openly hating homeless people as a matter of life.
- Dylan16807 4y agoAnd if you save a lot of money, you can improve all of those.
- nradov 4y agoAmericans don't take the bus because they don't want to sit next to the type of people who can't afford a car or get a driver's license.