Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are paying anyway

Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by happyopossum on Saturday June 14, 2025 @10:16PM (#44280109)

So tear down every city in the country and rebuild them all from scratch, then force the ~45% of people that don’t live in those cities to move there.

And that’s better than mandating a small percentage of the population use FSD cars?

Not sure I like the autocratic tone of that plan

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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by ghushn3 on Saturday June 14, 2025 @10:31PM (#44280147)

This is a pretty uncharitable read of the parent poster. Many cities are upzoning, which means that corridors are being torn down and built more densely. During those times, we're seeing a lot more mixed use, walkable and bikeable spaces introduced. In Seattle we're seeing streets being closed and lanes being removed to support biking and walking.

You can make walkable enclaves neighborhood by neighborhood. And those sites are really desirable. Especially near transit. The right approach is to build more like this until there's no one left who wants to live there and cannot. For the remaining folks who have no interest in it, sure, they can have automated cars.

But right now the line is out the door for this sort of place and we cannot build them fast enough.

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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by Dylan16807 on Sunday June 15, 2025 @12:39AM (#44280570)

> This is a pretty uncharitable read of the parent poster.

Which is pretty fair because the parent poster was using a very uncharitable read of what they were replying to. 10000% the wrong approach, really?

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