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Originally Posted by Azure
I don't think automated cars will ever be as efficient as mass transportation like trains, buses, etc to get a bunch of people from point A to point B.
We'd have to imagine that all mass transit options will also get smarter and more efficient as time goes on similar to how cars will.
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I'd disagree because a car that parks itself doesn't suffer from the last mile problem like transit does. What incentive do I have to transfer from the self driving car I am sitting in to a train?
Also if you can cut following distances and eliminate reaction time and narrow lanes you at least double the road capacity with existing infrastructure. Maybe you have cost savings for the poor but your average downtown train goer takes the train because they either hate driving or don't want to pay for parking. Eliminate those things and train use drops. Unless you solve the last mile problem transit is doomed.