miner_sd

miner_sd t1_ixihe28 wrote

Reply to comment by defcon_penguin in Your Robotaxi Is Almost Here by Rear-gunner

> families with small kids

My parents had an enclosed bike trailer with a seat to move me around on bike when I was a baby, it also worked for groceries

> old people

If you think designing cities around cars only is better for old people you are gravely mistaken

> disabilities

Wheelchairs and electric wheelchairs use pedestrian and bike infrastructure. Driving is also notably quite impossible for the vision impaired

> large packages

Cargo bike or trailer

> not everyone can ride a bike every time

Thankfully, I'm not advocating for that, there are other modes of transit that are quite effective, such as walking, busses, light, heavy, and high speed rail, planes even. And for that one day every few years that you really need a van or truck, we may just in fact have the capabilities to allow you to rent one

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miner_sd t1_ixign69 wrote

Reply to comment by Ok_Kale_2509 in Your Robotaxi Is Almost Here by Rear-gunner

The US used to have such a large system of trolleys and interurbans that you could get from the east coast to the midwest using those alone, and you could find trolleys in cities as small as 30,000 people

We don't have any of that anymore

It's gone because car companies bought up all the infrastructure and ripped it up. Good public transit is possible, people just aren't trying

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miner_sd t1_ixifzy5 wrote

Reply to comment by CMDRStodgy in Your Robotaxi Is Almost Here by Rear-gunner

Cars are great for places that have basically no infrastructure, like for getting to a weather station in the middle of a forest, or for getting around on the moon. There's a reason the Apollo astronauts used a rover and not a train

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miner_sd t1_ixgzcw3 wrote

Reply to comment by lionrom098 in Your Robotaxi Is Almost Here by Rear-gunner

Yes but we may also need an even smaller mode of transit to get to those... hmm, something that doesn't require gas or batteries and is compact and light enough to be carried everywhere while still facilitating travel of sufficient distance would be best I think. Can't think of anything that can do that though

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