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Ok but hear me out. Self driving public transit. Right now I have to walk 12 minutes to a bus stop because the one literally in front of my house was closed d
by mulmen 2y ago
Ok but hear me out. Self driving public transit.
Right now I have to walk 12 minutes to a bus stop because the one literally in front of my house was closed due to a lack of drivers. Then I wait 3-10 minutes for a bus that takes 20 minutes to get to the bus hub in my neighborhood. It takes 8 minutes to drive there. If my neighborhood bus route was replaced or supplemented with self driving shuttle busses feeding that hub then a 1 hour door-to-door trip could be 30 minutes.
- graemep 2y agoMore frequent smaller busses is a great idea. If self driving busses helps achieve that, it would be amazing.
- shafyy 2y agoSure. I'm not saying that there no use cases. But I don't see the US turning into a public transportation utopia just because there are self-driving buses available. Because the reason public transportation sucks in countries where it sucks is not because drivers are expensive.
- mulmen 2y agoBut it does suck because drivers are expensive. Seattle is struggling to find drivers. It's a constant battle to identify the most used routes and keep them staffed but that's why there's not a critical mass of riders to pay enough fares to hire drivers.