@[email protected]M to Fuck [email protected]English • 1 year ago[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldmessage-square573fedilinkarrow-up12.22K
arrow-up12.06Kimage[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.world@[email protected]M to Fuck [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square573fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoAren’t buses and trains going back and forth?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThey are, but only in specified routes. The issue is the areas they don’t hit because there isn’t a ton of demand. That said, someone else mentioned a taxi type public transit service, and that would solve this perfectly.
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Aren’t buses and trains going back and forth?
They are, but only in specified routes. The issue is the areas they don’t hit because there isn’t a ton of demand. That said, someone else mentioned a taxi type public transit service, and that would solve this perfectly.