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Originally Posted by rayne008
I know I'm in the minority, but I do not understand the massive investment in the Green Line when we seem to be on the brink of a transportation breakthrough with electrification and autonomous vehicles.
Autonomous vehicles should allow for much more efficient use of existing roadways, while also reducing the need for many personally owned vehicles.
LRT's are just not flexible enough to get around in the city, and an increasing number of the workforce will be moving away from our traditional rush hour downtown commute to a more tele-communication work from home environment.
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So I see a few issues that will result in the Green Line being a good investment regardless:
1) We may be 'on the brink' but there's still a mountain of progress that needs to be made with autonomous vehicles themselves, legislation, and infrastructure.
2) Even when autonomous vehicles start operating widely, LRT is still a more efficient way of moving people. One c-train car can hold 60 seated people in the same space as 6 (bumper-to-bumer) Honda Civics which would carry 30 (if they were full, but they probably wouldn't be).