• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    My neighbourhood is on a lake, so while the properties are small, they only exist as a strip along the water and a block out from that. We are surrounded by mountains which make building further difficult.

    I think there’s around 2000 people around the whole lake, and it takes 15 minutes to drive from top to bottom.

    I live on the other side of a mountain from the city, the train we had (it doesn’t run anymore) was definitely slower than cars. It also would have to stop multiple times once it got to the suburbs of the city to pick up or drop off people.

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      1 year ago

      In that case, yes, it sounds like a small autonomous fleet from the central point, with a light rail to the city would be a good solution.

      My in-laws have a similar chokepoint. Living on an island all traffic is bottlenecked though a single ferry (now reduced capacity due to widening vehicles).

      Bus/tram to the neighboring town and city from the ferry would cover 90% of non-farming/work traffic, and avoid needing to wait up to 4 crossings to get across. An small autonomous fleet would achieve the same effect on island.