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Old 05-08-2017, 04:17 PM   #232
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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.
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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