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> ...they have miscalculated Yes, if by 'miscalculated' you mean 'lied'. Driverless train technology has existed for decades, and is battle-tested in producti
by otabdeveloper1 8y ago
> ...they have miscalculated
Yes, if by 'miscalculated' you mean 'lied'.
Driverless train technology has existed for decades, and is battle-tested in production.
Yet no place uses driverless trains today.
Figure out why and you can move on to driverless cars.
- JBReefer 8y agoThe Skytrain does in Vancouver.
- frutiger 8y agoAs does the AirTrain for JFK. They happen to be built from the same system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrain_JFK#Rolling_stock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrain_JFK#Rolling_stock.
- Traster 8y agoWell firstly, there are autonomous trains. The DLR in London is autonomous, there are plenty of train systems that are autonomous. But here's a key to why autonomous trains are not important and autonomous cars are: A traditional train requires 1 driver. An autonomous train requires 0 drivers and 1 guard (generally). In both cases trains have a capacity of around 1000 people. Autonomous cars won't need guards, and have a capacity of 1 driver per 4 passengers. So the saving per person is 250x higher for autonomous cars than autonomous trains. That's not even taking into account that the technology for autonomous cars is almost identical to autonomous HGVs - who have huge problems due to the limits of how long they can travel before the driver can rest.
- bdcravens 8y ago> a capacity of 1 driver per 4 passengers Most rides are 1, maybe 2, passengers.
- overkalix 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_urban_metro_subway_systems https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_urban_metr...