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They will be. I was thinking of this earlier today, and there is still some coordination between schedules, doors closing with people still trying to get on, et
by pedalpete 11y ago
They will be. I was thinking of this earlier today, and there is still some coordination between schedules, doors closing with people still trying to get on, etc. etc. In Sydney, you still have people blowing whistles to signal to the driver that it is safe to close the door and go.
I'm wondering if that is maybe a more difficult problem to solve than driving. In driving, you know the direction cars 'should' be going, you need to account for lane changes and turns, etc. but for the most part they are expected. I think in an open environment people are much less predictable in their movements.
Thoughts?
- crocal 11y agoIn metro systems, 50 percent of service affecting failures come from passenger exchange. Majority of the remaining failure come from vehicle failures. Failures due to driving mistakes are very few. Passenger flow management is the hard part of automated mass transit for performance. It has to be safe yet efficient. It's indeed surprisingly difficult.
- mc32 11y agoBut there are a few fully automated lines. The Taipei brown line is fully automated, granted its not the highest volume line, but still very busy.