From the opinion piece:

Our research at MIT helped make the case for ride-sharing. We were wrong. We don’t want to make the same mistake with robotaxis …

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Well yeah, the solution to traffic is mass transit. Invest in rail and busses if you want to solve traffic, and then build density around stations. That way most of my traffic is between stations, and busses feed the rail system.

    It’s not complicated. Uber and other ride share services are designed to replace taxis, not reduce traffic.