> Think of a suburbs -> downtown commute situation. Houston comes to mind here.
> I believe that was the study. I'll have to go look at the source to be sure, though.
That makes more sense, although I have to imagine some prioritization of public transit would alleviate this somewhat.
> Speaking of convenience factor, I can't wait for self-driving cars in this regard
Imagine self driving mixed with public transportation. Instead of large buses (or in addition to) we could have more, smaller vans, seating 6-10, depending. We could have multiple per prior bus serviced route if replacing a bus, and they could be more accurately dispatched base on load (having a bus service a route when there's few to no riders is a waste). Additionally, these could be used to add less commonly used, but still beneficial routes between farther points.
To really make it next gen, you could allow people to reserve seats online for a small fee, which would give useful information on route usage and upcoming demand, to allow reserve units to be dispatched accordingly.
If the cost of the drivers is removed, and the vehicle cost and repair can be brought down, a lot of really interesting things could be done with public transit.
> I believe that was the study. I'll have to go look at the source to be sure, though.
That makes more sense, although I have to imagine some prioritization of public transit would alleviate this somewhat.
> Speaking of convenience factor, I can't wait for self-driving cars in this regard
Imagine self driving mixed with public transportation. Instead of large buses (or in addition to) we could have more, smaller vans, seating 6-10, depending. We could have multiple per prior bus serviced route if replacing a bus, and they could be more accurately dispatched base on load (having a bus service a route when there's few to no riders is a waste). Additionally, these could be used to add less commonly used, but still beneficial routes between farther points.
To really make it next gen, you could allow people to reserve seats online for a small fee, which would give useful information on route usage and upcoming demand, to allow reserve units to be dispatched accordingly.
If the cost of the drivers is removed, and the vehicle cost and repair can be brought down, a lot of really interesting things could be done with public transit.