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Ask HN: If Waymo is so groundbreaking, why does LA transport still suck?

2 points| anon115 | 7 months ago

surges like uber(expensive) coworkers agree too: at night when i get off work. bus lines go down at night too leaving stranded having me walking 14 blocks to reach(hopefully catch) the last bus thats gets me closest to home..

5 comments

gregjor|7 months ago

Car dependency is a feature of LA, not a bug. And not a secret one gradually discovers — LA is famous for exactly that. How would Waymo make anything but the smallest dent? How many people who don’t have a car in LA can afford Waymo or Uber?

JohnFen|7 months ago

> How would Waymo make anything but the smallest dent

Waymo and the like perpetuate car dependency, they don't alleviate it even a little. They are not solutions.

MattGaiser|7 months ago

None of the transport options you mentioned are Waymo? Why would Waymo fix a lack of buses?

anon115|7 months ago

waymo and uber same thing.. just waymo doesnt have a driver and its alot slower too....