Re:Uber’s self-driving cars start picking up passengers in S...
by fullshark on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:09PM
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They require preplanning, adherence to scheduling, take more time, and may not take you exactly where you want to go.
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Re:Uber’s self-driving cars start picking up passengers in S...
by koenigdavidmj on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:44PM
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Then add more trains until you don't need to look at a schedule anymore (every fifteen minutes at the absolute worst).
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Re:Uber’s self-driving cars start picking up passengers in S...
by throwaway76543 on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:55PM
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Adding more smaller trains without a fixed schedule over a broader area is exactly what they're doing. These smaller unscheduled trains are called "cars."
Running empty high capacity vehicles over a really large number of routes is immensely wasteful, much more wasteful than on-demand vehicles.
Re:Uber’s self-driving cars start picking up passengers in S...
by dagw on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @01:26PM
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Standing for 14 minutes in the cold pissing rain is not fun. And that still doesn't solve the problem of getting to and from the train station.
Re:Uber’s self-driving cars start picking up passengers in S...
by dagw on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @01:49PM
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And even that is ignoring how ridiculously expensive it would be to run trains every 15 minutes for the 6 people a day that have to get from West Bumblefuck to East Nowhereville.