This is a false alternative, because robocars do not exist, while public transit does exist but simply hasn’t been adequately implemented everywhere.

Politicians (and grifters alike) like to point to a future technology to solve an existing problem only to delay existing solutions which they don’t want to implement, most often for political reasons.

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laurencerowe 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Robocars most certainly exist. They’re probably about 5% of car traffic in San Francisco. I’ve not taken one yet (taxis/ubers/Waymos are mostly impractical with a young kid in the US as you must use a car seat unlike in most European countries) but as a pedestrian they seem mostly a safer than other drivers. As a driver I expect they will eventually induce gridlock but the city can always create more bus lanes.

	▲	seanmcdirmid 11 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Portable booster seats are pretty small. I can’t see it working if you have a kid younger than the booster seat min though. Only a few states have strict rules here, Washington and California being a couple, although I think California has a taxi exemption.
	▲	runarberg an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Robotaxis ≠ robocars. The robotaxis that do exist only do so in very limited places using very expensive technology (including off-shored service center for intervention) that is not available for the public consumer markets.

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handoflixue an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> robocars do not exist

How do you manage to discover Hacker News and not know Waymos are real? I'm truly fascinated by this new level of ignorance.