That’s literally the role of the government, though.

US politics is basically neither side compromising on the basis of ideology and saying it’s the other side’s fault.

That’s a far more condemnable position when you’re the actual government than when you’re the opposition.

Think of all the profits you’re delivering to shareholders!

Isn’t it also an indication that the current government is unwilling to compromise? It’s not like the government not controlling the house is a new issue, but the lack of progress as a result of it seems to indicate that neither side is willing to make progress towards a shared middle ground.

Taiwan literally had a government intervention to launch TSMCcand developed their university system around TSMC being the crown jewel of employment, while the US has had dysfunctional support for anything STEM that succeeds in spite of itself.

Why would you believe this? The talent is specialized and most of them are already employed by the few dominant market players.

Fuck that. Requiring trains to be built in the US will blow up the already obscene budget even more and lead to poor-quality trains due to a lack of experience in high speed trainset manufacturing.

We saw this in Boston, where the requirement of US-made led to absolutely fucked supply chains, constant delays and cost overruns, and shoddily constructed trains with a multitude of problems (though, admittedly, the entire Boston transit system has these problems anyway so I guess it’s just another part of government dysfunction). For what? For a voting bloc of like a thousand temporary workers?

Thing is, the US doesn’t really have high speed rail in the pipeline that can share technical expertise. The proposed Texas line is planning to use Shinkansen trains, Brightline already has a supplier, and so does Amtrak. Where are you going to get economies of scale to come into play?

It’s also a fucking California state project, and California is the safest blue state that ever blued.

China did to EVs what the US did to semiconductors.

The US and EU markets lack competition.

The SF Bay area needs more funding for transportation, period. The roads seem to always be under construction and the traffic lights just spontaneously stop working sometimes.

Sound? Though I guess all the fancy expensive cars remove this feedback

Humans don’t drive on sight alone.

If the computer vision model can’t detect edges around a human-shaped object, that’s usually a dataset issue or a sensor (data collection) issue… And it sure as hell isn’t a sensor issue because humans do the task just fine.

Ah yes, because all humans are equally bad drivers.

A self-driving car shouldn’t compete with the average human because the average human is a fucking idiot. A self-driving car should drive better than a good driver, or else you’re just putting more idiots on the road.

Trains in California suck because of government dysfunction across all levels. At the municipal level, you can’t build shit because every city is actually an agglomeration of hundreds of tiny municipalities that all squabble with each other. At the regional level, you get NIMBYism that doesn’t want silly things like trains knocking down property values… And these people have a voice, because democracy I guess (despite there being a far larger group of people that would love to have trains). At the state level, you have complete funding mismanagement and project management malfeasance that makes projects both incredibly expensive and developed with no forethought whatsoever (Caltrain has how many at-grade crossings, again?).

This isn’t a train problem, it’s a problem with your piss-poor government. At least crime is down, right?

Those areas don’t really have silly things like pedestrains, though. They’re also far too small of a market to design self-driving cars for.

Don’t say stupid shit if you don’t want to be called out for it 🤷‍♀️

No, because most drivers are idiots. Comparing with the average is comparing against idiots.

You live in a democracy lol

You make it sound like you’re in an authoritarian state

The question isn’t about managing, but about convenience. In some cities, public transportation is more convenient than going out and getting a car and dealing with parking and all that noise. That should be the goal, not “it’s manageable.”

You’re funny.

Bullshit. Adequate mass transportation is competitive with a car. You don’t even have to leave North America to see an “adequate” mass transportation system: just go to Montreal, Vancouver, or New York.

Most US cities have mass transportation that’s designed to move around poor people so rich people in cars can’t see them.