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Originally Posted by BCPhil
The idea that rideshare is going to replace lower cost transit is absurd.
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People are making all kinds of wild claims about ride sharing and about autonomous vehicles that are completely at odds with people's habits and the physical realities of road space. These developments won't change the fact that most car trips are still going to have a single passenger, and that means little to no reduction in trip costs or road congestion. The way to reduce these is if autonomous bus technology reduces transit cost enough to increase transit mode share. Buses are still a hugely more efficient way to use road space than the best Uber driver or autonomous vehicle.