tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post481742108897256293..comments2020-03-01T10:37:59.893-05:00Comments on Grush Hour: Driverless journalismBern Grushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484717588261701565noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post-91121265255835486102012-09-25T17:27:20.524-04:002012-09-25T17:27:20.524-04:00Today (25 Sept 2012) at a press conference for Cal...Today (25 Sept 2012) at a press conference for California to sign the Autonomous Vehicle Bill into law Sergey Brin of Google made a conservative estimate that autonomous cars (I call them autonomes) will be on sale in less than 5 years.<br /><br />It is my expectation that the taxi industry will disrupt immediately, and that the more entrepeneurial private autonome owners will quickly realize that they can hire out their vehciels for a small profit rather than leave them standing 95% of the time - thus giving birth to the Transport as a Service (TaaS) model. This competition with the taxi companies will rapidly result in a very low cost efficient door-to-door service that will disrupt bus services. This could also impact on LRT and other public transit systems. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10690492661166419670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post-609459830275148422012-07-19T14:06:32.676-04:002012-07-19T14:06:32.676-04:00I have speed, low service times the main driver fo...I have speed, low service times the main driver for robots on the road. <br /><br />Speed, when robots start carrying 50 plus passengers safely at 120MPH, then service times drop all across the board and the demand will sweep through the BRT industry.<br /><br />At ranges greater than 50 miles, cars simply cannot compete with high speed robotic buses, especially since the robotic buses retain the driver and the steering wheel to navigate the last mile (which rail cannot do).<br /><br />Transportation experts need to look at queueing analysis, when trip services time drop with high speed there is a huge multiplier up and down the economic chain.Matt Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404998406161097199noreply@blogger.com