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Buses already do this. If nobody is waiting and nobody asks to get off they don’t stop. If nobody asks to get off and there’s a second bus right behind, driver
by stouset 2y ago
Buses already do this.
If nobody is waiting and nobody asks to get off they don’t stop. If nobody asks to get off and there’s a second bus right behind, drivers skip the stop.
- taeric 2y agoIt amuses me how many people don't know how busses work on that front. I'm assuming most people have more of a train mentality when it comes to this?
- lidavidm 2y agoI'd guess most people here don't actually take buses on a regular basis. (Or ever. Or any public transit at all.)
- Gravityloss 2y agoYes of course. But it's not so useful since the buses are so big and they arrive so infrequently. With robobuses you could have smaller more frequent arrivals and then have higher probability of skipping. If the robobus understands the bus stop person's gestures that are they trying to stop it or not...
- stouset 2y agoThe cost of a human operator is not even remotely close to as important a factor as you think it is. SF recently acquired 33 new buses for $1.7 million apiece. Throw in maintenance and fuel costs and it’s easy to see that amortizing over a driver making $40/hr plus benefits is just not that big a deal, especially if you’re now adding a suite of sensors, electronics, and computing hardware.