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Forum: Living Car Free

06-23-18, 05:08 AM

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Detroit Train Station for Autonomous Vehicles?

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Posted By tandempower

Who wants to do a redundant job? If self-checkout...

Who wants to do a redundant job? If self-checkout stations are a viable way for people to shop and pay at a store, why would you make them have another person scan their purchases for them? Would you...

Forum: Living Car Free

06-22-18, 06:56 PM

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Detroit Train Station for Autonomous Vehicles?

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Posted By tandempower

You said that people look to transit operators...

You said that people look to transit operators for security. My point is that security will get more creative with autonomous vehicles.

Look at self-checkout lines at stores. There is one...

Forum: Living Car Free

06-22-18, 07:48 AM

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Detroit Train Station for Autonomous Vehicles?

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Posted By tandempower

I suspect that as automation grows more...

I suspect that as automation grows more widespread, security will be accomplished in more creative ways, the way secret shoppers keep store employees on their toes by never knowing which customer is...

Forum: Living Car Free

06-21-18, 07:16 PM

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Detroit Train Station for Autonomous Vehicles?

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Posted By tandempower

I agree. I think it is more comfortable to share...

I agree. I think it is more comfortable to share a bus with strangers than a car. I think most of the autonomous ride-shares will be mid-size shuttle vans, though, with around 12 person capacity....

Forum: Living Car Free

06-20-18, 09:47 AM

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Detroit Train Station for Autonomous Vehicles?

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Posted By tandempower

I think the stigmas of public transit are very...

I think the stigmas of public transit are very relative to a culture where private car ownership/driving are normalized. What I mean is that if you look at young people who use transit while they...

Forum: Living Car Free

06-20-18, 06:50 AM

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Detroit Train Station for Autonomous Vehicles?

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Posted By tandempower

One of the big points I'm trying to get across in...

One of the big points I'm trying to get across in this thread and raise for discussion is the idea of rails as a steering system. Rails are actually more than that, because they reduce rolling...

Forum: Living Car Free

06-19-18, 07:21 PM

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Detroit Train Station for Autonomous Vehicles?

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Posted By tandempower

True, but my hope is that autonomous vehicle...

True, but my hope is that autonomous vehicle sharing will liberate a lot more people to do a lot more walking instead of toting and parking their personal cars everywhere they go because what else...

Forum: Living Car Free

06-19-18, 10:54 AM

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Detroit Train Station for Autonomous Vehicles?

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Posted By tandempower

Detroit Train Station for Autonomous Vehicles?

Apparently, Ford Motor Co. is buying and renovating Detroit's abandoned train station and turning it into a research center for autonomous vehicles. This got me thinking about the relationship...

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