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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
I heard a great interview with Jarrett Walker of Human Transit (great transit blog) on The Disruptor's arguing against overvaluing autonomous vehicles:
https://disruptors.fm/158-elons-wrong-dr...future-of-transportation-jarrett-walker/
His thesis is really simple. The spatial realities of individual transport (40 people on a bus vs. 40 people in AEVs) along with induced demand is likely to negate a lot of the benefits of autonomous vehicles.
It's from 2019. Saw it hadn't been posted. Great listen. |
Thanks for the link, I will have to give it a listen. I have been saying this for years, but others seem to think that autonomis vehicles will somehow encourage more carpooling. Even if it does, 10 AEVs with 4 people in each of them will still take up more road space than 40 people on a bus.
AEVs certainly could have uses for destinations not well served by transit or other times when tranist is less that conveneient (like when carring a large or heavy package).
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