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To: TobagoJack who wrote (149978)	8/12/2019 4:55:03 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217931

Public transit can be very good or intolerable. Diesel or battery buses are both fine depending on cost. Diesel pollution is negligible these days with well designed engines, exhaust systems and fuel design. Battery buses are increasingly competitive but not there yet. 70 years ago Auckland had electric trams which were replaced with electric trolley buses which were replaced with diesel buses and now it's back to electric as though it's a new invention. It's certainly a religion with much virtue signalling, piety and sanctimony and sanctimoney of opm variety. Meanwhile battery technology improves with lithium producers losing money despite great hopes of recent years. Plus ca change Autonomous buses will save a lot and make public transit more competitive. Social discipline as in Singapore will be necessary to tame criminals who would litter, deface and vandalize. Autonomous vehicles on allowed routes will be how they evolve rather than making cars able to cope with vast complexity. People could get a Lyft to an autonomous route, swap to mass transit, then get an Uber for the last mile. Fast, cheap, safe, clean, pleasant with no parking, free time an route, no capital cost or maintenance cost of owning a car. Mqurice