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San Francisco protestors are disabling autonomous vehicles using traffic cones | "It's a great time" (www.techspot.com)

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[–] SCB@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Public transit is better, but self-driving taxis are absolutely coming to every city in this country, which is great if you live in a city like mine that has little to no public transport infrastructure.

Also, automated taxis can service more rural areas, which is the key driver of lack of public transport in many "commuter cities."

Luddites gonna Luddite, but this tech is coming, and it's coming to logistics and taxis first.

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, but SanFran ain't one of those. Taxis have the same problem cars do, which is size.