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Originally Posted by you&me
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
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It might be worth it for larger municipalities to invest in a fleet of self-driving cars for public transportation purposes. It could be an area that taxi companies fill. There could be a future where individual car ownership declines as cities/taxi companies use their self-driving fleet to pickup/dropoff people from their front doors.
Parking might not be as big of an issue as the cars could just stay on the road waiting for their next pickup.
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Originally Posted by Roughneck
Anybody who calls funding for rail a subsidy but funding for roads an investment isn’t somebody worth taking seriously.
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The author of the article appears to be aware that both rail and roads fit the definition of being subsidized industries.
He makes it clear it is governments putting up the majority of the money in both situations.
Keep in mind it is an opinion article. But it is well referenced and provides a compelling argument.