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Re:Self driving cars and beyond by EarthIsHome on Sunday February 11, 2018 @12:33PM (#16353628)
> Autocars have the potential to reduce the price of this kind of transportation by an order of magnitude.

Could you cite this? I find this hard to believe. I currently pay around $70/month for an "unlimited trips" Marta transit card in Atlanta.

It gets me anywhere I want to go within the city. Getting out of the city is another story.

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Re:Self driving cars and beyond by icebraining on Sunday February 11, 2018 @01:56PM (#16354124)
What's the recovery ratio of Marta?

EDIT: It's 34%. And the cost per bus passenger trip is $3.63. Yeah, I could see automatic cars (and buses) being cheaper that that, unless the average trip is very long.

http://stip.gatech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/MARTA-AVs-...

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