Originally Posted by
tyrion
I think smart (self driving and well coordinated) electric cars and buses are the way forward in the USA. It won't be as fast as HSR, but the lack of speed can be compensated for with comfort and convenience (many more endpoints than HSR).
The cost of smart electric cars will continue to come down, and (most importantly) the capacity of our existing road system will scale with intelligence (coordination), while the cost of HSR seems too unpredictable (as we've seen in California).
What "cost" is continuing to come down for so-called smart self driving and well coordinated electric cars (or buses), since none exist now and no such vehicles appear to be close to being commercially fielded anywhere in the foreseeable future?
What is being
coordinated in the "well coordinated" vehicle and/or road system in this scheme?
The costs of day dreaming about a fantasy system are already zero.