Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse::px-captcha

  • bob_wiley@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The only thing that will help traffic is reducing the need for cars… the things that cause traffic.

    Actually good trains and bus systems, actually good bike infrastructure, mixed use spaces that allow people to walk to stuff.

    Reduce the need for cars, reduce the volume of traffic. It’s not easy politically, but probably easier than making a robotaxi.

    Maybe this is what the article said, it was behind some kind of paywall, so I don’t know.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Actually good trains and bus systems, actually good bike infrastructure, mixed use spaces that allow people to walk to stuff.

      You forgot the single biggest factor: quit mandating low density. In order for walkability to happen, more trip origins and destinations need to be closer together.

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        1 year ago

        Exactly. In my first time in the US I would spend weeks astonished by the terrible use of land they make of it. Then I discovered businesses were forced by law to build these stupidly large parking lots.