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Has there been any attempts to make hybrid autonomous train-cars? Like some sort of enclosed road/track highway or a caravan? Seems like a more safe goal versus
by hardwaregeek 5y ago
Has there been any attempts to make hybrid autonomous train-cars? Like some sort of enclosed road/track highway or a caravan? Seems like a more safe goal versus the chaos that is urban environments.
- asdff 5y agoThere are already automatic subway systems. You could make BRT autonomous pretty easily too since it runs on its own separated grade in a fixed route. You could throw down some sensors in the road surface and call it a day like the technology used in the new disneyland star wars ride.
- apendleton 5y agoAs another responder said, lots of subways are autonomous, but if you're thinking of a car-sized thing on a train guideway, these have been proposed but only a small number of actually been built: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_rapid_transit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_rapid_transit
- hardwaregeek 5y agoSubways are good (not that automated in New York due to union pressure) but a lot of american cities are not designed around mass transit but unfortunately highways. I could see some system where cars drive onto a highway then get put into a caravan or special lane that automates the driving until their exit
- heavyset_go 5y agoElectric trolleys existed in many cities in the past.