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Sydney is not the shining beacon for public transport. London is far superior.
by quickthrower2 7y ago
Sydney is not the shining beacon for public transport. London is far superior.
- tialaramex 7y agoPolitics means that London only has one GoA 3 system (the Docklands Light Railway, a grade-separated system where each train has a human operator who closes the doors and interacts with passengers) and no GoA 4 systems (which don't have any staff, humans are merely passengers). Even in the longer term London has no specific plans for GoA 4, although some London Underground lines which are below ground for their entire run will likely become GoA 3 and several are already GoA 2 (meaning a driver sits at the front but they don't make most routine operating decisions they just close the doors and watch the track ahead) Sydney has a GoA 4 system already.
- quickthrower2 7y agoBut in basic terms of getting from A to B without a car, for most A and B it is a lot more practical in London. I've been thinking about this and to be fair London has a much higher daily influx population than Sydney, from much further distances. The sheer volume of commuters will be funding all this transport, way in excess of the population of London itself.
- bamboozled 7y agoKind of my point, even Sydney has an autonomous train system now, California had absolutely hopeless rail.