The problem is not people buyng the technology, people are already buying similar technology when it is offered on cars. The problems is Luddite infested transportation organizations that want to go back to almost useless rail systemss. The car companies are designing the technology to be independent of the Luddite infested and very low levels o competence in Governments
How Did I Miss This One 3712Brent P) In what way is that cheaper? The testing and administrative costs alone are staggering. We'll need an order of magnitude more cops for enforcement, since the people who lose their...
Talk to some women for a change to get a dose of reality. Very few of them are going to put their children on transit without the protection of an adult. Women won't even let their children ride bikes now even though that was the main way kids got around before all the TV scare stories.
The transit also will not go to many of the places they are taking their children. Again you are describing a world that does not exist.
You are implying that transit is free that nobody pays for which of course is absurd. Transit is tens of times more expensive in both taxes and the cost of time. In your area, most of the taxes for transportation paid mainly by drivers is spent on transit, not car infrastructure. If we went to everyone using transit, sales taxes would have to go above 100%
The total cost of driving is still cheaper than the total cost of transit per person transported. Bring in the cost of time into the equation and the total cost of driving including required tax support is far cheaper than transit.
No surprise except to Luddites that never seem to understand that cost go down, not up as technology advances. Very old technology like transit inherently will be far more expensive.
That is exactly what the technology evolution S curves say. New technology is better and cheaper than old technology or it will not replace that old technology. Even kids know this obvious fact that is a total mystery to Luddites.
