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This. London's tube system is essentially stopped a day or so a year due to strikes, which is pretty dramatic for a city of 10 million people who rely on it.
by crimsoneer 5y ago
This. London's tube system is essentially stopped a day or so a year due to strikes, which is pretty dramatic for a city of 10 million people who rely on it.
- vidarh 5y agoMost strikes affecting the underground have not been just drivers, so making the system driverless would be unlikely to change that.
- Zenst 5y agoTrue, and been over safty concerns/reduction in safty staff. Though: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19741282 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19741282 Nicely sums up how the whole driveless tube/train aspect has been rumbling on for a while now.
- teachingassist 5y agoLondon's transport strikes have been shown to ultimately benefit the wider economy, as people have broken out of their local maximums and found more efficient ways to travel around.
- heavenlyblue 5y agoHolocaust also had been shown to educate people how horrible humans can be to each other, doesn’t mean it should have happened.
- BurningFrog 5y agoThat you can identify a benefit doesn't mean it's outweighing the costs.
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- speapr 5y agoPerhaps the drivers should be paid a sum of money which closer reflects how much marginal value they add to the city, and this would convince them not to strike.