And why do you think Waymo will fix all of this?

llbeansandrice 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

This is better solved by leveraging more traditional forms of transportation. Making biking, walking, and various forms of transit easier, safer, and more effective. Cars, whether self-driving or not, are in direct opposition to this.

I'm sure they could be useful to folks that have the specific use-case for it, but the vast vast majority of trips in a person's day-to-day are better solved by robust multi-modal options and public transit. The benefit there is that less drivers means that traffic is actually better for everyone.

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testing22321 2 days ago | parent [-]

I agree with you broadly in principle, but sadly cities in North America have been built for cars, and so they are by far the best way to get around

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llbeansandrice a day ago | parent [-]

I actually see this as a benefit! Cars take up a lot of space and so now there exists massive right of ways that can be used and modified for other transit modes. Take a lane away from personal cars and dedicate it to buses so they can run faster and avoid traffic. Remove some street parking spots and create a protected bike lane or a street market or something else. The extra space can be a huge boon. It’s pavement, basically a blank canvas imo.

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testing22321 a day ago | parent [-]

Agree. But nobody is going to walk or ride in Calgary or Dallas no matter how many lanes you take away.

Too much sprawl, too severe weather. There are hundreds of cities like that sadly.

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kjkjadksj 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Never heard of DART I guess

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testing22321 15 hours ago | parent [-]

obviously there are still TONS of cars. Just look at the highway infrastructure and traffic.

	▲	kjkjadksj 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		55 million and change rides a year on dart. It isn’t nobody riding

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testing22321 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t particularly think that.

Someone will, I don’t know who. Soon.