Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport (theconversation.com)

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There’s a quiet transport revolution going on in different corners of the UK, from “the world’s most ambitious and complex autonomous bus system” in Edinburgh, to a minibus network in Milton Keynes that picks you up and drops you off (almost) wherever you want. This long read contains clues to a “small vehicle-small infrastructure” vision of public transport that is likely to be a big part of all our futures.

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[-] tal@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't see a lot of point.

If you have a human driver, it reduces labor costs to have a larger vehicle. More passengers per driver. More reason to use larger vehicles like busses.

But if you have a computer driving, car size or even smaller become more relatively-appealing.

I mean, the article even brings up the labor costs issue.

[-] Blake@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, this is a solution looking for a problem really. Either that, or it’s a really bad solution to the car problem.

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