The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business
The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business
Driverless trucks are officially running their first regular long-haul routes, making roundtrips between Dallas and Houston.
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Why not make automated trains with their own dedicated right of way?
But that would require investment in infrastructure...
Bet that semi trucks are more expensive due to road damage and congestion alone.
I've already commented on road damage, but yeah, trucking firms bear no costs for the congestion and other road hazards they bring with them. Society, as is so often the case, sucks up those externalities.
There's definitely direct economic damage here too beyond just repairs and slowness. It's sniffles business growth because the infrastructure is unreliable.
Sometimes I just like yo imagine how much fun the roads would be without trucks.
Yes, but that’s all subsidized by taxpayers, so it’s more expensive overall but cheaper for YOU.
Privatize gains, socialize losses. The CapitalistTM way!
Efficiency, pollution too (even when electric, because tires and break dust are a thing)
Something like 70% of transport-related particulate emissions (and microplastics) are from tire wear.
What you don't get is that trucks last less and consume more, therefore it's better for the robber barons.
*** everyone but the lobbyists liked that ***
It's absurd to suggest running a railway to every warehouse in East Bumfuck, Missouri.
No one's claiming that. Trucks can still handle the last mile just like they do it with container ships.
Im no logistics expert byt ship -> train -> semi sounds like a great infrastructure design especially now as the container is interchangeable between all of these mediums.