As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new transport system (2017)

Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by trhway on Saturday December 22, 2018 @06:49PM (#18743241)

Instead of trains we're working on self driving cars. They better serve last mile and are better suited for private investment and innovation than huge infrastructure projects.

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by bobthepanda on Saturday December 22, 2018 @07:19PM (#18743420)

The self driving car can't go 200MPH.

You also can't fit as many people in self driving cars, simply because having the requisite fuel storage and engine per 2-4 seater car is quite a lot of space when you can spread that around 200 people per train car. And this is before we consider that average car occupancy is something like 1.5.

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by xg15 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @07:01PM (#18743306)

Can you work in them without getting sick?

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