We can have both. The resources aren't coming from the same bucket. Public transportation must be built by the local government, and is subject to that local government's ability to execute. In contrast, Self driving cars are largely siphoning resources from for-profit companies.

I live in the west side of San Francisco, and we may get a subway station by 2050 if we're exceptionally lucky. I'd rather have self-driving cars this decade, please.

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lazyasciiart 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> Public transportation must be built by the local government,

Amtrak is public transportation. Airlines are pretty close to public transportation. Local government doesn't need to be involved.

	▲	mdorazio 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		To my knowledge there are only a handful of public transit systems in the world that operate at a profit, let alone that operate at enough of a profit to recover construction costs. As in, maybe 5 if you squint really hard. Who do you expect to fund new ones if not the government?