Post #4150162

2026-07-19 14:21 UTC

The problem with this is that they don’t solve the same problem. I use the train for almost all my transportation, trains are amazing. However, the train doesn’t bring me to my front door. The train doesn’t bring me to my exact destination. A self-driving car would save me at least 45 minutes during my commutes (one way), purely because of the flexibility.

Replies (5)

@wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-07-19 15:19

Better train infatructure plus busses and metrolines will help with this problem

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@raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2026-07-20 09:17

A self-driving car would save me at least 45 minutes during my commutes (one way), purely because of the flexibility. Fixed that for you. I don’t see how “self-driving” would be 45 minutes faster.

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@fodor@lemmy.zip 2026-07-20 09:29

Well yeah, of course there’s no way to build more train tracks. Can’t be helped, oh well, tough luck.

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@Fedizen@lemmy.world 2026-07-20 09:35

A real self driving car would increase your commute because it would be able to transport children etc and the overall effect would be a like 30%+ increase in traffic as people buy or rent more self driving trips for people normally not able to rent rides. The effect would be analogous to “Jevon’s Paradox” where more efficiency increases demand.

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@Jiral@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 18:15

A city built for cars (no matter if “self driving” or not) has to be built much more spread out. Distances for everything multiply. At the same time that spread out infrastructure leads to heavily mono-directional traffic, making rush hour load much worse. That is why people in car only cities aren’t any faster than cities well designed for public transit. Yes, heavy rail does not cut it alone, that is why there is also light rail, bus lines etc. With all of that, you can get anywhere you need to go, in places that are not primarily or exclusively built for the car.

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