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On the train point, humans have operated fully automatic rail systems for nearly fifty years (the London Underground Victoria Line opened in 1968; BART in San F
by mrbabbage 9y ago
On the train point, humans have operated fully automatic rail systems for nearly fifty years (the London Underground Victoria Line opened in 1968; BART in San Francisco is similarly automated and open in 1972). The first unattended train to my knowledge, the Vancouver SkyTrain, didn't open til 1985, or 17 years later.
My interpretation: it took a while—17 years—for people to warm up to driverless trains on fixed routes with no at-grade intersections.
- jacquesm 9y agoAlso in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m12tb1p_NEM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m12tb1p_NEM
- adolph 9y agoAlso Dallas: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFW_Skylink https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFW_Skylink
- linkregister 9y agoWho is the person who sits at the front of the BART train? That isn't the operator?
- pvg 9y agoIt is. What they spend most of their time operating are the doors, though.
- gyc 9y agoAlthough it wasn't that long ago when BART workers went on strike, replacement workers (former BART operators) stepped in to operate the trains, and then promptly ran over and killed two workers performing track maintenance.
- pvg 9y agoIt also didn't really have anything to do with the train operators. http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/BART-Responds-to-NTSB-Report-on-Accident-That-Killed-2-Workers-299797051.html http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/BART-Responds-to-NTSB-R...