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by s73v3r_ 2924 days ago
How does that affect those who have to take public transit due to finances?
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Personally, I expect there will always be a need for high throughput fixed line transit in some areas. But, to answer your question, if some portion of the population requires transportation subsidies to participate in society then the best policy answer would seem to be to provide them with subsidies directly.
They’ll save money because they can now afford cheap self driving transport.

Also if you’re subsidising mass transit only for the poor, why not just give them subsidy directly?