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> Developing self driving cars is not a fruitful endeavor IMO. We need to push alternative modes of transportation (transit, e-bikes, etc) which are way, way mo

> Developing self driving cars is not a fruitful endeavor IMO. We need to push alternative modes of transportation (transit, e-bikes, etc) which are way, way more efficient and cost effective. The US is incapable of building cost-effective heavy transit though. Just building a few miles of subway in the LA metro area, for example, costs on the order of double digit billions and takes a decade plus. In huge areas of the country where it's snowy in the winter, e-bikes are a non-starter. I'm not saying every self-driving vehicle needs to be a single occupancy car. We could have fleets of self-driving minivans that are somewhere between buses and cars that can move the dramatically more people than solo drivers. Even self-driving buses would be a win, a very big chunk of the operating expenses of public bus fleets is the payroll for drivers.

webdood90 3y ago
> a few miles of subway in the LA metro area, for example, costs on the order of double digit billions and takes a decade plus Then don't build trains - busses work fine. > In huge areas of the country where it's snowy in the winter, e-bikes are a non-starter I live in Denver - it's fine. I don't hear feasibility concerns in your arguments - I hear convenience concerns. How I interpret this is that you, and many other people in the world, prioritize convenience above all else. I understand why, but we must come to the realization that we're taking the side of convenience over everything else: decrease in safety, increased electrical consumption, increased congestion, increased pollution, increased noise, etc.