The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier for Autonomous Driving Simulation

Re:The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier for Autonomous Driv... by kidk on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:17PM (#46918263)

Billions of subsidies? Im confused you talking about cars or trains.

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Re:The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier for Autonomous Driv... by xnx on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:19PM (#46918292)

No major US public transportation system is fully paid for by riders.

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Re:The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier for Autonomous Driv... by cleaning on Friday February 06, 2026 @06:08PM (#46919426)

Neither is any private transportation system?

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Re:The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier for Autonomous Driv... by semiquaver on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:55PM (#46918653)

Yep. https://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php/Farebox_Re... is a sobering reminder that many cities’ public transportation would cost $20-50 per trip if paid entirely by riders and thus could not exist without subsidy.

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Re:The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier for Autonomous Driv... by JimmyBuckets on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:23PM (#46918333)

That includes cars on public roads.

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Re:The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier for Autonomous Driv... by caycep on Friday February 06, 2026 @05:22PM (#46918957)

NYC congestion pricing seems to be working quite well though, and probably helps offset MTA costs.

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Re:The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier for Autonomous Driv... by xnx on Friday February 06, 2026 @05:50PM (#46919263)

NYC "congestion" pricing (actually cordon pricing) is a good idea. Would be great to see more road use fees proportional to use (distance, weight^3, etc.).

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Re:The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier for Autonomous Driv... by epsylon on Saturday February 07, 2026 @08:11AM (#46923576)

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