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Originally Posted by accord1999
The expense is in operating the cars, not in the driver, who make very little even with old, heavily depreciated cars. Trying to compete against privately owned cars and mass transit means you'll lose money even if you don't pay the driver.
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An interesting question would be do you continue to subsidize mass transit in a world of automated cars?
If a commuter car becomes a 3 wheeled pod that drives itself within inches of the nearest vehicles you get the density of transit plus the flexibility of cars.