Also that. More of problem in cities I think. Again, a big bottleneck in Edinburgh on Princes St.
The main bottle necks of universal application would be bus stations and stops outside popular stops. Thinking about Kemble Station and replacing the hundreds of cars parked and the hundreds of drop offs by car there with a fleet of buses ferrying people from nearby villages you’d have a bit of crowded bus stop.
Thinking about this, there is a knock on effect of better public transport begetting demand for other public transport. If I can get to the station by bus now instead of car might I stop driving to work in the car and go by a combination of bus and train – requiring more trains?
I think the main boost to the quality of life from self-driving buses is in the country. Talking to my mum who was involved in a study about how people could get to a hospital appointment in her hospital by public transport the
A fleet of small, self-driving buses pottering about the Cornish countryside on a twenty minute cycle would seem to be a great improvement over a service that had a few dozen routes served hourly.
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Date: 2012-02-23 03:08 pm (UTC)The main bottle necks of universal application would be bus stations and stops outside popular stops. Thinking about Kemble Station and replacing the hundreds of cars parked and the hundreds of drop offs by car there with a fleet of buses ferrying people from nearby villages you’d have a bit of crowded bus stop.
Thinking about this, there is a knock on effect of better public transport begetting demand for other public transport. If I can get to the station by bus now instead of car might I stop driving to work in the car and go by a combination of bus and train – requiring more trains?
I think the main boost to the quality of life from self-driving buses is in the country. Talking to my mum who was involved in a study about how people could get to a hospital appointment in her hospital by public transport the
A fleet of small, self-driving buses pottering about the Cornish countryside on a twenty minute cycle would seem to be a great improvement over a service that had a few dozen routes served hourly.