Thoughts on the current state of public transit and micromobility in the US
I live in NYC and I occasionally pitch friends on the idea that the greatest underutilized resource in the city is the thousands of miles of subway track. The vast majority of the physical track surface sits unused by the current layer of 8 and 10 car mass people mover trains due to limitations in the ancient signaling and scheduling system. Improving those systems has been a multi-decade boondoggle. In contrast, we should have the tech capability now to run an autonomous fleet of individual tiny cars- 5 to 10 person capacity per car, no more- that can make point to point trips anywhere in the system. This fleet should be able to be run along with the existing mass people movers, as another layer of service on the same infrastructure, and of course for an extra fee. The benefits for all would be enormous. Hope &quot;micromobility&quot; includes ideas like this! Good luck!