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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by Retric on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:06PM (#13169677)
Often you need a car to get to the subway which does not take that long. Slug lanes also become more useful with self driving cars.

Combine the two and you get a self driving car to central location > car or public transit to city center > self driving car in the city. Remember parking is often 10+$ a day due to land value, so two ~4$ trips can be a net savings.

Finally, even a 20-30% drop in demand would be huge in such a capital intense industry.

Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by Mz on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:08PM (#13169713)
Remember parking is often 10+$ a day.

And can be more of a hassle or less conveniently located than a transit stop.

Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by dazc on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:17PM (#13169815)
Plus the damages. In 20 years I have suffered many thousands worth of damages and every time it's when I'm not in the car.
Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by cfreeman on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @03:51PM (#13170866)
A good portion of traffic in downtown areas is people driving around trying to find parking.
Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by Mz on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:06PM (#13171029)
When I lived in downtown San Diego, I felt sorry for the car people. Some streets are one way only and some parking is two hours only, etc. If you aren't extremely familiar, it can be a nightmare to try to figure out where to park and then find your way back to the building you are going to.

And then one day I realized some of the buildings were multi story parking structures and it kind of made me mad. So much of the city infrastructure is whored out to the needs of arrogant, obtuse car people, very much at the expense of everyone. It brings quality of life down and cost of living up for absolutely everyone because of people wanting the right to drive their own damn car everywhere, no exceptions.

And I stopped looking on them with pity or sympathy and started looking on them as parasites who totally deserved whatever small misery they were inflicting on themselves with driving around, looking for parking. But I did not deserve the misery they were inflicting on me with things like worse air pollution.

Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by jfim on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @03:47PM (#13170835)
> Slug lanes also become more useful with self driving cars.

And faster. A lot of the traffic on highways is caused by rubbernecking, which self-driving cars are mostly immune to.

Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company by gohrt on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @01:22AM (#13174240)
If one driver in 20 is a rubbernecker, all the cars slow down.