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Autonomous cars will not replace public transportation, unless people magically start carpooling. An underground train with hundreds of people on it sitting clo
by pwthornton 14y ago
Autonomous cars will not replace public transportation, unless people magically start carpooling. An underground train with hundreds of people on it sitting close together moves a lot more people than a car with one person in it (how most people get to work).
Autonomous cars, however, should allow people to better car share and require less parking spaces. Perhaps most exciting, we could get rid of cab drivers who are some of the most unsafe drivers around.
- mseebach 14y ago> unless people magically start carpooling Loads of bus routes will become viable when they can be serviced with a driver-less minivan. That's essentially formalised car pooling. That will make car-less suburb living much more practical.