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arrow-up11.99Karrow-down1image[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square549fedilink
minus-squareFlyingPiisamilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoAren’t buses and trains going back and forth?
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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.