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Originally Posted by Zoller
An interesting opinion saying self-driving cars will make passenger rail obsolete and I tend to agree. I think passenger rail is a short-sighted investment. We've already invested heavily into road infrastructure in North America.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/st...number=8733934
Imagine a "train" of self-driving cars all communicating with each other in real-time. They could drive at much higher speeds and much closer together. If a moose crossed the road the car at the front would brake, but the cars behind it in the train would also all brake at the same time. |
That's interesting, though still wouldn't solve the parking issue (if that's a priority to you).
From the perspective of self-driving cars, I wonder if it would be feasible to have a public fleet, in addition to personal cars? Think a group of Car2Gos in train formation along #1 and then everyone goes their separate way once they reach Banff... To me, that seems far more appealing than passenger rail.