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We already have self driving that works and it's called a train. Instead of dumping money into self driving we should improve infrastructure and motivate more p
by commiepatrol 4y ago
We already have self driving that works and it's called a train. Instead of dumping money into self driving we should improve infrastructure and motivate more people to take trains.
- jaapbadlands 4y agoDoor-to-door transport is here to stay, despite any idealised vision of everyone moving to a train schedule.
- akira2501 4y ago> and motivate more people to take trains. If you build a train that does what I need without requiring copious amounts of my spare time, I might take it. If you don't then your only "motivation" boils down to "reducing options until the train is all that is left." People need infrastructure that meets their demands. If it works, they'll be plenty motivated.
- erik_seaberg 4y agoThis. My new office (a 25 minute drive off peak) is unusual in having a train station nearby, but to get there I need to take a bus to a different train in the wrong direction, in all a 90 minute ordeal (worse off peak).
- YourDadVPN 4y agoTrains somehow manage to be more expensive than cars, even in countries that subsidise them, despite having massively more throughput. Until that problem is solved I don't see people choosing them over cars.