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Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by alooPotato on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @07:08PM (#38006940)
i think its just easier to make uber style driverless EVs be great than it is to make public transit great
Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by bluGill on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @08:05PM (#38007471)
Great for uber is still limited by traffic and is a lot more expensive than great transit which doesn't get stuck in traffic, and thus is much cheaper than uber for better service.

Bad service is much worse on transit though.

Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by Retric on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @08:27PM (#38007638)
The hard part of Uber style driverless EVs being great is having extra roads to handle the extra traffic not actually building the self driving bits.

People in NYC don’t just save money using the metro vs a Taxi they save time.

Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by xnx on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @09:32PM (#38008060)
NYC is the one US city where trains almost make sense, but there are a ton of downsides related to cost, safety, etc. I'd love to see all those dedicated right-of-ways put to more efficient use with self-driving vehicles.
Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by bluGill on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @10:23PM (#38008417)
NYC has out of control costs. Look to Vancouver canada for a very different picture.