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Americans will do anything but invest in transit. It's been shown over and over again that simple electrified rail is by far the most cost effective, green, and

Americans will do anything but invest in transit. It's been shown over and over again that simple electrified rail is by far the most cost effective, green, and efficient transit solution. The great thing about robo-taxis is that they don't actually solve a problem. If I showed somebody two images of inner city traffic jams, they wouldn't be able to tell me which is humans driving gas engine'd cars, and which is self driving electric vehicles.

hello639 4y ago
> If I showed somebody two images of inner city traffic jams, they wouldn't be able to tell me which is humans driving gas engine'd cars, and which is self driving electric vehicles. The city with self-driving cars will economically outperform the city with human-driven gas cars. Just like America economically outperforms Europe. The best and brightest from Europe/cities with manual human drivers will leave their dying cities behind and move to the futuristic, inspiring, and highly-compensating self-driving car city/America. Europeans are upset that America is getting away with treating the underprivileged so poorly, yet America constantly outperforms Europe $-wise. And yes, everything in life is about $.
- anonyme-honteux 4y ago
  America with good public transit would definitely outperform dollar-wise America without it.
minwcnt5 4y ago
China is investing heavily in robotaxis too, and also has active deployments in large cities (which also have transit). I'm not sure why you're trying to make this about Americans.
josephcsible 4y ago
> The great thing about robo-taxis is that they don't actually solve a problem. If I showed somebody two images of inner city traffic jams, they wouldn't be able to tell me which is humans driving gas engine'd cars, and which is self driving electric vehicles. They absolutely solve problems. They just don't solve the one particular problem you mentioned. For example, they solve the problem that cities don't have enough parking spaces.

hello639 4y ago

> If I showed somebody two images of inner city traffic jams, they wouldn't be able to tell me which is humans driving gas engine'd cars, and which is self driving electric vehicles. The city with self-driving cars will economically outperform the city with human-driven gas cars. Just like America economically outperforms Europe. The best and brightest from Europe/cities with manual human drivers will leave their dying cities behind and move to the futuristic, inspiring, and highly-compensating self-driving car city/America. Europeans are upset that America is getting away with treating the underprivileged so poorly, yet America constantly outperforms Europe $-wise. And yes, everything in life is about $.

anonyme-honteux 4y ago
America with good public transit would definitely outperform dollar-wise America without it.

minwcnt5 4y ago

China is investing heavily in robotaxis too, and also has active deployments in large cities (which also have transit). I'm not sure why you're trying to make this about Americans.

josephcsible 4y ago

> The great thing about robo-taxis is that they don't actually solve a problem. If I showed somebody two images of inner city traffic jams, they wouldn't be able to tell me which is humans driving gas engine'd cars, and which is self driving electric vehicles. They absolutely solve problems. They just don't solve the one particular problem you mentioned. For example, they solve the problem that cities don't have enough parking spaces.