Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco

Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by Seattle3503 on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @03:05PM (#30859474)

> * cars doing the minimum to stay 'in traffic' to avoid paying high fees for parking

> * far more miles per car because the biggest limiting factor (the presence of a driver) will wall away

> * huge CO2 impact (negative) from all these extra miles

These are all very important. Most cars on the road are single occupancy. Once we can have zero occupancy the problem will only get worse.

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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by bduerst on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @05:14PM (#30860846)

Wouldn't it be the other way, through fleet network effects?

For example, your fleet of low- or zero-emission vehicles would greatly offset the average vehicles that people would have been using instead.

Also, zero occupancy vehicles never have to drive around looking for parking near their destination. They are immediately reusable or could go to an out-of-the-way pool.

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