Safe Streets Rebel’s protest comes after automatic vehicles were blamed for incidents including crashing into a bus and running over a dog. City officials in June said…

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    1 year ago

    I am well aware of both the benefits of public transport and this image specifically. This is irrelevant to our discussion

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        1 year ago

        Self driving taxis aren’t stupid. They better fit the existing infrastructure within America.

        Taxis as a whole generally serve a different market function than public transportation in the US.

        Im all for gutting zoning, and building dense, walkable cities, full of public transportation free at POS - but that’s not the world we live in.

        Self-driving taxis are such a massive net boon for people that it’s not even a comparison to the alternative