the solution for self-driving cars is obviously for everyone to move to a gridded city in the desert
Zoox robotaxi launches in Las Vegas
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Re: Zoox robotaxi launches in Las Vegas
#22This whole robotaxi thing is so stupid.
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#23Hopefully some genius will figure out a way of joining lots of these together into a 'gigapod'. That might have enough capacity to actually work at city scale.
Perhaps maybe we add common places where it regularly stops and you can get on/off?
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#24It’s a cute gimmick for tourists but it won’t contribute to public transportation.
You managed to come off as condescending, smug and a zealot in one sentence. Bravo. I imagine this stems from not meeting strong town criteria because you aren't forced to share a seat with a stranger or some similar nonsense
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#25It’s a cute gimmick for tourists but it won’t contribute to public transportation.
The fact that there isn't a rail line from the airport to the strip is wild. It would simplify travel for tourists dramatically, and get a lot of hotel shuttles and taxis off the street. There's a reason why even cities with bad public transit usually have a line to the airport, and it's wild that Las Vegas doesn't have one.
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#26do these things self-clean? a free private shuttle service along the strip sounds like a bunch of private vomit-pods on wheels.
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#27Hopefully some genius will figure out a way of joining lots of these together into a 'gigapod'. That might have enough capacity to actually work at city scale.
Perhaps maybe we add common places where it regularly stops and you can get on/off?
You might be onto something. Don't stop that train of thought. Keep going.
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#28I was just there last weekend and saw them everywhere. My buddy asked about it and I'd never heard of the company before. They're definitely distinctive. Seems like robotaxis are getting ready for a big expansion, I see Waymos all over Orlando even though they don't offer service here.
I worked in Chandler, AZ when Waymo started testing their cars, so it's funny that I don't really think much about them at this point.