For a hot second in 2016 I ran for the BART Board of Directors on the platform to replace BART subway with self driving busses. I spent $0 and received 13,000 votes (15%). While talking to constituents I realized people didn't think it was possible to run self driving busses through tunnels really fast.
However given that 13,000 people voted for me, some people understood and believed in the idea.
I later, started the Donkey Car project to demonstrate self driving technology could work to replace subways.
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