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Why not both? We can automate the trains (more), the busses, and the occasional rural drive.
Sure that's great, but read the room. It's like advocating for gun legislation in the US, it can only go so far realistically. The vast majority of US cities are built around automotive infrastructure and the culture is very much anti-public transport. That requires heavy government level buy in. Car automation can be driven primarily by industry. One can happen in a major way in a few years, the other will take decades if it happens at all. Personally I'm all for it, but it's such a different discussion that it just comes across as distracting when talking about very real delays in car automation and it's not a valid criticism of moving forward and promoting decreased barriers to fully automated vehicle infrastructure.
The rural drive is the fun one, though...