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@pinkprius we can also argue that "autonomous car" can be used to replace taxi too, that sometime necessary ^-^'
And with good AI, the autonomus car can be used like a mini-bus and can take people on the road that aim for the same place :) or the autonomous car can be as small as an motorbike too, for personal move.

But agree that a good public transport system is amazing :blobmelt:

@Technowix in that case the autonomous car is public transport :)

@pinkprius yeah... who would want to /have/ an autonomous car honestly ?! OwO''

@pinkprius With autonomous cars and similar vehicles we actually can improve public transportation and even build a hybrid that has the advantages of public transportation and individual transportation.

@toxicity true. But that is public transport which is great!

@pinkprius to be fair, if those autonomous cars aren't privately owned (as in, by a single person), they can then go pick up someone else instead of just taking space on the street parked

doesn't work in the rush hour however, when everyone is traveling, so it doesn't really matter

@pony in that case the autonomous car would be a part of public transport

@pinkprius how many people can be transported in a single trebuchet?

@pinkprius This reminds me a similar image showing the space taken to transport the same amount of people between cars, bicycles, buses and trams. Trams was the one taking the less space.

@pinkprius i fuckin love biking everywhere but many car drivers obv hate it and make the roads so damn unsafe on purpose. i know so many drivers that purposely get close to bikers

@pinkprius I do not know where this montage comes from. But the picture actually show 60 cars and 67 people.
bikehub.co.uk/news/sustainabil
The text claims 69 people but that's not what I count.

If autonomous cars allow passenger-less vehicles (ex a person orders his car to come to his location from somewhere), things will be much worse.

@pinkprius
Can you put a fridge in you Bicycle ?

I use a bicycle to go to work, but sometimes I have to take the car to transport heavy or big things 😊

@daycode jk.
If you would live in an area with no cars permitted transport of a fridge might look like this (borrowed cargo bike or shared):