Re:Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Are Near: Meet a Teen Who Rides...
by gaius on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @01:20AM
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technology meant to communicate better with self-driving vehicles.
It would 100x cheaper and better to just fit tracks and have trams. Not nearly as sci-fi of course but infinitely more practical and useful, if the goal is efficient mass transit for non-drivers
The whole self-driving thing only makes sense if it is cheaper than retro-fitting all the infrastructure. If it isn’t there is literally no point in it, just stick with human self-drivers and drivers-for-hire.
It would 100x cheaper and better to just fit tracks and have trams. Not nearly as sci-fi of course but infinitely more practical and useful, if the goal is efficient mass transit for non-drivers
The whole self-driving thing only makes sense if it is cheaper than retro-fitting all the infrastructure. If it isn’t there is literally no point in it, just stick with human self-drivers and drivers-for-hire.