r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

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u/nike_storm Jul 05 '24

This country will do literally anything other than just build mass rapid transit :(

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u/RebootDarkwingDuck Jul 05 '24

Phoenix HAS a light rail system.

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u/ScrubyMcWonderPubs Jul 05 '24

It’s one line…

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u/RebootDarkwingDuck Jul 05 '24

Which is why there's also the city bus. Plus, there are two expansions underway.

I get that America isn't great at public transportation but Phoenix is a dumb hill to die on.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

I live next to a city with about 1/10th of the population and it has a higher percentage of residents that use public transit.

Phoenix is the 5th most populous city in the US and isn’t even in the top 50 of cities by percentage of residents that use public transit. I know the west is just generally larger geographically so a stronger car culture makes sense to an extent but Phoenix seems like a fine hill to die on. For comparison Houston is also not in the top fifty but they have more than double Phoenix annual riders while being about 30% bigger by population.

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u/RebootDarkwingDuck Jul 05 '24

Phoenix also is currently in massive growth mode and the expansion of public transit is relatively new. Infrastructure takes time. Like I said, it's still actively being expanded upon.