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Re:Driverless robotaxi fleet paralyzed for hours in San Fran... by robbrown451 on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:00AM (#31942184)
Sure. I mean, you can. I live in San Francisco and as often as not, walk to the grocery store. But it's a pain carrying bags around. Not everyone in the world is going to be ok with that when they are used to just packing a bunch of bags in a car. It's ridiculously unrealistic to think that everyone... including the elderly, etc ... will be happy to just use a train that might be a many block walk on each end.

Yes you can get groceries delivered fairly cheaply, but it will be cheaper with self driving vehicles and robot loading and delivery.

Re:Driverless robotaxi fleet paralyzed for hours in San Fran... by thorncorona on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:24AM (#31942342)
If going to get groceries only takes you a couple minutes each way then it becomes much more reasonable to carry a backpack full of fresh groceries rather than a car full of food that will become stale.

Density enables rapid transport as well as many more shops in a given area.

Re:Driverless robotaxi fleet paralyzed for hours in San Fran... by asdff on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:47AM (#31942498)
I see the elderly in LA carry groceries on the bus all the time. They use a grocery cart. Solves the problem.