[milicat]

Still worse than public transport, wastes more resources and endangers cyclists and pedestrians. I have yet to see anything that deserves to be called progress in self-driving. Yet another scam to sell more wasteful, inefficient vehicles.

[dkjaudyeqooe]

Waymo is public transport. If they introduce automated vehicles that have fixed routes and larger carrying capacities then Waymo is indistinguishable from actual public transport.

[Iulioh]

Public transport is not the answer to everything man and saying this again and again is cringe.

-A man in his 20s who doesn't need a car and only uses public transport

[ericmay]

You’re right that it’s not the answer to everything, but today car-only infrastructure is considered to be the answer to everything throughout America, so much so that we’ve reached the point where public transit is the only answer to how to move people more efficiently right now because it’s quite simply where all of our transit funding should be going.

[acuozzo]

> Still worse than public transport

I agree that the US needs better public transportation, but most of the US is not a city.

If the nearest grocery store is 30 miles away and the nearest bus stop is several miles away from your home, then using public transportation turns this into a half-day affair.

[zahlman]

At least 80% of the US population is considered urban (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_Sta...).

[mavhc]

If I'm the only person going from/to somewhere having a large public transport vehicle take me is wasteful