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Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by djrogers on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:51PM (#13440550)
> high bandwidth vehicles will do the bulk of the work, and seamlessly trade off to "last mile" self driving small vehicles.

Still doesn't solve the problem - just moves it. If everyone in my office complex needs a ride to the bus around 5pm, and everyone at the other end of the bus line needs a ride home at 5:42pm when the bus arrives in SuburbTown, there will still be unmanageable shortages of self driving small vehicles - unless you own your own.

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Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by aianus on Thursday January 19, 2017 @08:47PM (#13441149)
You can fit 4 people in a self driving car pretty easily. Most people currently drive by themselves because it's too difficult to arrange on-demand carpools on your way to/from work.
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Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by landryraccoon on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:17PM (#13441275)
Space on the road is the limiting factor in this scenario, not number of vehicles. What would the point be of making another vehicle available, if traffic is bumper to bumper all the way?
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