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Waymo’s robotaxis are now available to everyone in Los Angeles (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It seems that LIDAR based self driving tech (the one that Waymo uses) is miles ahead than 2d camera based tech (the one that Tesla uses).

I'm really excited for this being implemented for city buses. Currently, in lower density areas, there are two choices - have smaller buses with more frequency, or have larger buses with less frequency. The problem with smaller buses is that you need more drivers. The problem with larger buses is that frequency becomes low, thus disincentivizing usage of public transit.

Self driving city buses would be really cool as driver costs would be 0. This would mean, that smaller buses/vans would be able to run at fixed routes at really high frequencies.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

IT folk got so annoyed about being asked about what happens if you got run over by a bus, they decided to go out and show everyone.