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I think the problem was there wasn't a US canal available.

Seriously: this shows to me that people will use any infrastructure that is most convenient/fast for them. If there are highways people will drive. Build public transport and people will use that. Build bike paths and people will bike. If you have canals like Amsterdam, well...

Canals are probably not very fast nor scalable for mass transit, but they may be useful for transporting heavy things.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_canals_in_the_United_S...

This is intended as an autonomous taxi, designed for a sprawling urban canal system like Amsterdam. All those canals you've linked are absolutely nothing like the intended definition.

The ones I linked are for transportation, you could make autonomous ships and test them in canals for cargo, doesn't have to be for passengers. GP said there aren't canals in America, was simply pointing out there are.

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