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I like the idea of self driving cars as I am lazy and want to do other things than drive. But on thst note, if we invested the same $billions in trains/light r

I like the idea of self driving cars as I am lazy and want to do other things than drive. But on thst note, if we invested the same $billions in trains/light rail we would have great public transport networks that could do the same thing for the whole population... We don't need self driving cars we want them because they are sexy. Unsexy public transport will be better for our cities. Edit: spelling

dragonwriter 3y ago
> But on thst note, if we invested the same $billions in trains/light rail we would have great public transport networks that could do the same thing for the whole population... No, we couldn’t. Reengineering cities around trains/light rail is expensive; the infrastructure debt of car-optimized development is enormous. Is it worth paying down? Sure. But its still there.
- hdjdndhfbrb 3y ago
  Yes we can. Cars and traffic won't get better with self driving cars... Other options with larger amounts of travellers at once needs to be looked at.....
DropInIn 3y ago
Better is automated vehicles in a car share program. Mass transit has too many pain points and the 'last mile' problem to be the single solution. We need to have a "mixed" solution.