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I’m hopeful then next gen of micro EVs and autonomy drop the cost per mile by an order of magnitude below existing public transportation costs. This will justi

• bryanlarsen 2y ago
  That sounds awful. If it's cheaper we will use it more and become even more dependent on it. So we'll have more of the awful car infrastructure and less of the better alternatives.
• rsynnott 2y ago
  You’re gonna have issues with road capacity; cars just aren’t a particularly efficient use of it. For instance, to pick a car at random, a Toyota Corolla is about 4.5 meters long, and will typically hold one or two people, with an absolute max of five. A double-decker bus holds about 80 people and is about 10 meters long. A 50 meter long tram set will hold about 4-500 people depending on configuration. The number of people on the roads in buses and trams in busy cities at peak times simply would not fit on those same roads in cars.