I haven't kept up with the "Loop" concept but I had heard it would use cars, not trains/similar which already felt stupid but the fact you had to wait for a car coming the other direction just feels beyond the pale. And that's before we get to the the "drivered" car. If ever there was a case where autonomous cars should excel, it's got to be this but instead we have human drivers still. So it's literally Lyft/Uber with extra steps, limited destinations, and the same speed.

> A quick check of Google Maps showed the route we were taking, on city streets, took 6 minutes. As we emerged into the sunshine at Westgate, I checked my timer. Six minutes. I’d saved zero minutes.

Beautiful

If you think of the Loop system as a way of transporting people then it will obviously look insanely stupid.

But if you consider what it really is - an easy way to sell Teslas to cities for no benefit, then it makes perfect sense.

“I tried a prototype outside of its optimal use case and it was half baked.” Surprise surprise!