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I find it curious that we are attempting to create an automated car, but we can't seem to make an automated train that is on a defined rail?
by izzydata 7y ago
I find it curious that we are attempting to create an automated car, but we can't seem to make an automated train that is on a defined rail?
- cheschire 7y agoMy completely uninformed assumption has been that there are more unions preventing the automation of trains than automobiles.
- andbberger 7y agoThe paris metro has been automated for decades. Get out of here with your middlebrow dismissal
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoPersonal attacks are against site guidelines. A simple factual rebuttal suffices here.
- izzydata 7y agoMy ambiguous usage of "we" to refer to my particular country of the United States was misleading. I'm glad these things exist around the world and I hope we in the US can implement one someday.
- andbberger 7y agoEver been on one of those wee trains at an airport?
- danbolt 7y agoNo, I think it's pretty common in this case. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_guideway_transit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_guideway_transit
- ant6n 7y agoOf course there exist automated trains. The question is whether automating an existing system makes sense, in terms of cost. The simple model chosen here is to assume that automation requires platform screen doors -- and showing that the cost of installing those is on par with the cost of the drivers. Meaning the drivers represent a small amount of the total cost of the system.