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You don't think this will also have an effect on improving life in the cities where Waymo is utilized? I understand there is the threat to induced demand with t
by RationPhantoms 9mo ago
You don't think this will also have an effect on improving life in the cities where Waymo is utilized? I understand there is the threat to induced demand with too many waymo's being on the road but this is going to help improve city living and in turn, help increase people wanting to live there.
- asdff 9mo agoDid uber?
- hackmiester 9mo agoDrunk driving goes down significantly, for one thing.
- asdff 9mo agoHard to control for that against the decline in social drinking in general
- lotsoweiners 9mo agoIt might but I’ll be still driving home “intoxicated” so long as the vehicle I drove to the drinking establishment can’t drive itself home. This is why I prefer the model for personal self driving vehicles.
- wiredpancake 9mo ago[dead]
- fragmede 9mo agoTesla FSD will pull over if you fall asleep while driving. Ford's will just plow into the median for you. Their relative stock prices reflect this.
- tpm 9mo agoThere is a service/app for this in South Korea (Daeri Unjeon, "proxy driving"); a guy will drive you in your car to your home.
- weirdmantis69 9mo agobut then that guy has to get home somehow
- tpm 9mo agoSure, they carry a escooter or work in pairs - the second one has a car and picks him up at the destination.
- nerdsniper 9mo agoHonestly, in a lot of ways, yes. I'm a massive critic of Uber, but outside of the hotel areas and nicest neighborhoods, it was often incredibly difficult to successfully call a taxi to pick you up before Uber. I remember once playing ball all day in the front yard, calling all the taxi companies just on a lark. They'd claim they were sending a driver, that the driver pulled up and honked, but we were outside the entire time. No one ever actually drove up over about 20 calls to 6 cab companies. Uber/Lyft finally served all neighborhoods mostly equally, and that was a huge benefit.
- triceratops 9mo agoWhy were you calling cabs you had no intention of taking?
- nerdsniper 9mo agoWe would have taken the cabs and grabbed some drinks. We were well-entertained either way. One of the few times that worked well for the experiment.
- aylmao 9mo agoAt least in SF, last I checked, it's as expensive, or sometimes more expensive, as Uber/Lyft. It'll serve the same sector of the population as those apps already do, so it's unlikely to actually reduce parking needs. There's an argument that more competition could reduce prices and/or wait times for consumers, but there's also the argument it'll take away gig jobs, which are already somewhat of a "backup net" for people who need money but can't find a formal job for some other reason. I don't live in SF anymore. When I did and now that I occasionally visit, I personally don't see any meaningful difference from when only Lyft and Uber operated there.