Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur

Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by emodendroket on Monday August 20, 2018 @02:58PM (#17802788)

How many Americans drive to and from an office in a city center at the same predictable hours every single day? We're certainly underutilizing trains.

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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by maym86 on Monday August 20, 2018 @04:47PM (#17803807)

Even shared bus services can made into something desirable with the right marketing and investment. The large tech companies provide luxuary coach services with WiFi to their workers and the people riding them are seemingly very happy with the services.

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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by emodendroket on Monday August 20, 2018 @07:42PM (#17805223)

I mean, let's be honest here: a lot of people don't want to ride the bus because they associate it with poor people and don't want to share a vehicle with them. There's a lot of legacies of America's social problems getting tangled up with this question.

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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by icebraining on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:01PM (#17802817)

That's only helpful if they mostly share the same route; if it's a star topology, trains won't help.

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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by emodendroket on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:10PM (#17802904)

That's why usually there are multiple lines that converge on a central station.

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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by maym86 on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:51PM (#17803295)

+ circle lines that connect the spokes.

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