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Old 05-08-2017, 09:43 AM   #172
accord1999
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Originally Posted by GGG View Post
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.
I agree, mass transit would be very hard pressed in such a world and things like full size buses would probably disappear. I can still see rail but only in routes and places that make sense, such as the very large cities.
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