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I'm not opposed to congestion pricing. I think it is inevitable as self-driving technology becomes widespread. Robodrivers remove the pain of being stuck in tra
by triceratops 1y ago
I'm not opposed to congestion pricing. I think it is inevitable as self-driving technology becomes widespread. Robodrivers remove the pain of being stuck in traffic. So you need something else to prevent forever traffic jams.
> buses and trains, but they get to divide that land consumption by the number of people inside, making the comparison much more favourable
Buses and trains rarely run completely full. A one-seater golf cart is a "bus" that runs at 100% occupancy.
- appreciatorBus 1y agoA 60' bus going 60mph might need 5400 sqft of land vs the 2600 sqft of the car. It would only need 2 passengers to beat it. re: "completely full" - the vehicle is irrelevant. Neither the full one seater golf cart, or the full 50 passenger bus make the road way completely full, but they have very different land costs per person and as owners of the land, we should be asking why we've set the price for using 2600 sqft of land the same as the price for using 26 sqft of land - $0.
- triceratops 1y agoAnd congestion pricing solves the problem of land use. Let people travel the way they want.