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Expecting driverless taxis to respect bike lanes “too high a bar” (road.cc)
submitted 4 months ago by [M] to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/36974628

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[–] 30 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Beyond the absurdity autonomous cars only following selected rules of the road, doesn't London have pretty good public transit?! Like, among the best in the world for a big city. Why in the fucking world would Waymo operate there unless it wants to compete public transit and bikes.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    ... London is famous for it's taxis. Their role in london culture goes back centuries.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    AFAIK taxis don't pretend to be "sustainable".

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago*

    I suppose if that's a pressing concern for them, they could always go back to the horse-drawn versions... Though I'm not sure what that has to do with the relevancy of the role taxis play in London transit.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    it's ok, but far from best in the world, most archaic maybe.

    Far too many fucking taxis blocking bus lanes. and it's very expensive to use the trains. Taxi drivers would go nuts and dirty protest all over the city if anyone proposed to cut fares.

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