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> mobility for those too young or too old, or medical unable to drive.

>The lack of needing parking right near your origin or destination.

>The expensive asset that is tied to single human location, so meaning it spends 98% of time idle.

>The road deaths caused by bad driving, drunk driving, stupid driving etc.

We can do all these things now for most of the people in the US with expanded public transportation



Even the best public transport has downsides relative to personal vehicles. A perfect self driving car is a drop-in replacement for a current car that is simply a better product.


I disagree that public transportation is a solution.

It works in high-density situations where lots of people get on and off at each stop.

In low density situations the stop time overhead leads to the journey being very slow.




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