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After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The "US is too big" is such a bullshit excuse since cars are absolutely crap for long distances compared to trains people already walk and cycle in the US. And why is the richest and most powerful (for now at least) country in the world unable to fix it's zoning laws? Especially since other countries seem to be able to do it.

Yes, efficiency in reducing the amount of people with jobs but not by getting people from a to b. What is convenient is not having to own a car in the first place and be able to get around with ease because of proper urban planning.

The future is automated travel because vehicles can be used more productively on the margin than everybody having to own their own car. Fewer cars, higher use of the car, or less idling, means lower transportation costs throughout, which includes infrastructure itself; the less need for insurance, less pollution, etc. This technology can be used in bus transit systems as well for a less marginal benefit.

Sooo like a what's already possible with trains and trams? And buses on dedicated lanes would be far easier to automate and be more efficient than cars.

[–] Amoxtli 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Trains are for long distances. Trams are for pure urban areas. Metros are for connecting cities within a metropolitan group. All those function within a well planned urban structure, not the suburbs, or exurbs. Cars are the most efficient in the US. That is why most Americans own a car. Without a car, you are asking for long walking distances, and long bike rides. City transit systems don't work in the US, because too many criminals are out in public, people like their own space, and Americans like the convenience of going, and leaving at their own time. Americans like their own space. Again, you are talking about a specific type of living that most Americans don't really gravitate to. Americans want a large house in a safe neighborhood in the suburbs, or live in the exurbs. They don't want to live in crime-ridden urban areas, that is not the American dream.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago

Look how well that American dream is going