I'm seeing an excellent example of the urban socialization in action here with bicycles. The city spent multiple Billion$ of federal money constructing a light rail system, which destroyed established businesses along it's entire route, because the rail line down the middle of the street blocks access to "the other side of the street" businesses. Then, to encourage users of the "light rail" system to ride and actually get to their business or work, bicycle stands were placed with rent bikes unlocked and rented by smart phone. The bikes are yellow or green. After just a few months, the homeless have found a way to unlock the "smart phone locked bikes" and steal and strip them, or use them at will. Yellow and Green bikes are now found in alleys being used as free transportation by the homeless and addicted. The bike company is part of "public transport" and now complaining about the upkeep cost and lack of traffic. The "light rail" company has, after 3 years of operation, failed to make a profit, and is unable to pay it's electric bill to run the trains. During the 3 years, trains have hit, on average, one car per month, injuring many occupants. Someone made the decision to spend Billions for a system that, to date, is a business failure. In my considered opinion, self driving cars fall into that same category. America is a country of individual freedom. In action, the "light rail" and "self driving cars" both push against that base mind set. Ultimately, the law of UN-intended consequences will bite them both.
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Nor maintain flight attitude. > > Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > >> I'm wondering why there seems to be no focus on self driving trains. >> Seems like thats low hanging fruit, you don't have to steer... >> -Curt >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
