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0 pointslastdong1y ago0 comments

If it succeeds, self-driving technology is likely to be integrated into public transit systems, enhancing their reliability and overall efficiency.

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HPsquared1y ago

With self-driving tech, buses could be made a lot smaller and more frequent. They are large and infrequent because of fixed per-vehicle costs (mostly the driver).

EDIT: Small size then enables personalized routing: a multi-passenger taxi taking a set of people to similar destinations.

jazzyjackson1y ago

That makes a lot of sense, I never thought of the labor as the limiting factor on bus route (clearly I just never thought very hard about it) but boy would it be nice if there was a 9 passenger van every 5 minutes to replace a full size bus every 30.

rglullis1y ago

Vans to complement buses are definitely a thing in São Paulo, and the cost of labor is not a limiting factor.

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