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What Will Happen To Public Transit In A World Full of Autonomous Cars?

4 points| davidsmith8900 | 12 years ago |theatlanticcities.com | reply

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[+] drallison|12 years ago|reply
What is needed in urban (and even suburban neighbourhoods) is efficient transport. If a minibus system with an autonomous driver were available with reasonable (under 5 minute) headings and better than human driver delivery times, I suspect most people would opt for it rather than their own car. Traffic would be reduced and parking would no longer be as much of a problem. Helsinki is currently the home prototype system of this sort, but with human rather than autonomous drivers.
[+] joeldidit|12 years ago|reply
Nothing, unless the autonomy extends to busses/trains/etc (busses seem like a bad idea), then public transport could get even better.