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Aw man, when I saw this I thought "oh, finally, trucking!" But no, it's just bulk taxi ride purchasing.
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Especially when I'm guessing a lot of these "urban tech worker" commutes are mostly on surface streets or congested highways barely moving any faster. In my experience cycling to work I am actually faster on the bike than when I take the car. This is mostly due to filtering to the front of the intersection effectively eliminating any and all effects of rush hour traffic. Another huge factor is I can also park the bik…
I would be 90% sweat if I biked to work. Would need a shower and change
To me the real challenge is just getting local communities to allow Waymo. I live in Oakland and am not holding my breath.
Aw man, when I saw this I thought "oh, finally, trucking!" But no, it's just bulk taxi ride purchasing.
Trucking is probably going to be one of the things that's harder to automate, and given the way things are going we best hope they don't given the absolute bloodbath it would create for labor (trucking is one of the most common professions in the US). I would wager that would lead to unrest in a way we've not seen in a long time.
Most people assumed that self driving trucks are easier to automate since they just do highway driving with limited turns.
“Meet Sustainability Goals: Waymo’s fully electric fleet helps organizations advance their sustainability targets” Taking a private taxi to commute to work or school is easily the worst thing you can do environmentally in a city. Doesn’t really matter that you’re not burning dinosaur juice.
“Meet Sustainability Goals: Waymo’s fully electric fleet helps organizations advance their sustainability targets” Taking a private taxi to commute to work or school is easily the worst thing you can do environmentally in a city. Doesn’t really matter that you’re not burning dinosaur juice.
That doesn't seem right. Taking your own car, which you park at both ends of the trip, is clearly worse from a vehicle utilization and land use standpoint. A Waymo that takes a dozen trips a day and never parks on the street seems obviously superior.
Just read the blog post but I’m not clear on what's actually being launched here. As an org, why would I 'subscribe' today, what do I concretely get (coverage, pricing, SLAs, etc.) vs. just signing up for a future interest list?
You can bulk purchase daily transportation for your employees, so they can work on their commute too. How exciting.
I hope they'll support car pooling, and bigger vehicles for the same.