Comment on Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s almost like we need to prioritize a better form of interconnected transportation that’s more efficient at moving larger amounts of people with a small foot print.
sugartits@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s almost like people don’t enjoy sharing rides with crackheads that don’t really reach their destination…
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
It’s almost like a lack of investment and propoganda from car companies have convinced people public transportation can’t be convenient, clean, and reliable.
sugartits@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Investing won’t change the fact that personal cars are a superior form or transport for the majority of people for the majority of the time.
The cat is out of the bag and it’s never going in again.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
No, they really are not. They’re slower (because they cause you to wait for all the other cars, and also they generally physically slower than all rail based options too), they pollute more, and they suck to drive and be in.
I’d much rather sit around on a nice train or something and read, play games, or whatever leasure activity I want. If you’re driving a car you need to be focused on driving. If you’re a passenger in public transport you be productive or enjoy it, and you can even stand up and stuff if you need to. Trains even often will have food/drink options too, as well as restrooms and possibly even beds. You can literally go to the bar, drink, and sleep all while getting to your destination. Convince me a car is better than that.
Centipede@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As someone who rides public transportation every day that I’m not allowed to work from home, it’s not convenient or clean and the only reliable thing about the MTA is that there will be “unavoidable delays”
IdealShrew@lemmy.world 1 year ago
did you miss the part about lack of investment or are you being purposefully dense?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
Put more money into the public transit system instead of a private company that shafts both paying customers and their employees and maybe those problems could be taken care of.
Mdotaut801@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Agree. I literally have to drive to work. There’s a public transit stop right by my house but then I’d have to take 1 more train, and 2 busses to get within 10 ish blocks of my office. No thanks. Especially in the winter when the homeless chill in the trains and busses taking rips off their crack pipes thinking they’re being sneaky. It smells like burnt plastic. I know what you’re doing. I’m not going to put myself around that.
1847953620@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No idea why you’re getting down voted. Ignoring issues with public transportation is only going to repel people who could otherwise be convinced it’s viable and also more likely that those issues are never addressed in the first place.
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As valid you point is, it also holds true for taking a Uber Pool or Robo taxi where a drunk or crackhead decided to jump in and join you, or you them.
The only difference being if it happens on a Uber Pool ride you don’t have the option of “jumping on the next one” without forking over a sum of money or canceling your trip.
Not to mention at the same time you are stuck in the same congestion caused by a inefficient (though comfortable?) mode of transportation.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You are correct, there are too much crackheads and not enough infrastructure investments.