3 ms·
Improving transit and allowing Google to blow $100B on making cars drive themselves are not mutually exclusive. In the US, in particular, last mile transportat
by SR2Z 6mo ago
Improving transit and allowing Google to blow $100B on making cars drive themselves are not mutually exclusive.
In the US, in particular, last mile transportation is mostly done by car. Transit cannot economically serve low-density suburbs.
In a city? It depends on price versus convenience. As more and more cars drive themselves, the city can get away with taking back more and more space for transit and cyclists. People should choose mass transit because it's convenient, not because there's no way to call a car.
- dangus 6mo agoBut the studies say that Google blowing $100B on self driving cars changes human behavior to take less transit which then costs taxpayers money because transit ridership and revenues decrease. This idea that companies have to be allowed to do business however they want is not something we just have to do. We can as citizens and governments say “no, you’re not allowed to run a robot taxi company because it’s overall bad for our city.” Laissez Faire capitalism is an ideological cancer to American society.