(10-28-2012, 02:25 AM)DeeBye Wrote: his car's
This made me ponder the effect automated cars could have on public transportation. Buses probably wouldn't change too much. They might lose the driver, but otherwise would stay pretty similar. Though hopefully even cheaper? Taxi services could be more interesting though. They could just leave empty cars in designated areas. You walk up, scan a CC (or some kind of ID/prepaid thing), and get in. If you knew you needed one you could order one online and it would drive itself to your house. No interacting with people/drivers at all. Without the cost of paying drivers and some possible usage gains (more efficient driving? Less hard on the engine driving? The less drag spoken of before if linking happened) maybe the cost of such would go down to where for many it becomes cheaper than owning a car yourself?