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San Francisco protestors are disabling autonomous vehicles using traffic cones | "It's a great time" (www.techspot.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Safe Streets Rebel's protest comes after automatic vehicles were blamed for incidents including crashing into a bus and running over a dog. City officials in June said...

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[+] -12 points 3 years ago (13 children)

The problem is no one will use them. Busses are full of homeless people and people that NEED to use them than they want to. I was a bus driver for many years. They don't stop where everyone wants to go and it's a necessity to most instead of an integrated way of life. The entire American culture would need to change.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Yeah. But US culture needs to change anyways.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    For sure. However do you change something that is mostly government subsidized and everyone that manages the systems are happy with the operations?

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    I don't know how it is in the US, but i can tell you that public transit is pretty good here in my city. A self-driving taxi would still be the ideal experience for sure, but taking a bus isn't that much worse, and it's definitely better than driving myself.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Busses are full of homeless people and people that NEED to use them than they want to.

    I heard this is the case in the United States. In Europe, as far as I can tell, it's more common that people from all backgrounds take public transit, including 'higher' class people. Of course exceptions and reasons exist.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That literally just proves that we do in fact need more busses. More vehicles would allow for a wider coverage with more frequent and well organized stops.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I like your idea, but implementing it is a bigger issue than you may realize. The transit systems in San Francisco are based on counties. Therefore it is a completely different governing body for each way out of the city proper.

    But coverage does not change the usage. That is several millions if not billions to reroute a busline to go to a different area. If only 10 people get on every two hours then another bus in a more populated area is more financially sound. We can sit and say more buses are the answer, but people being willing to get on to the bus is a part of the equation. I don't see how you are going to eliminate 2 extra hours out of everyone's commute and make them buy into it.

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