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It's fraud and nephew-hiring in the USA. 25 years ago in Germany there was an automated tram/light rail line with no conductor. The train ran on its own rails,
by shrubble 4y ago
It's fraud and nephew-hiring in the USA. 25 years ago in Germany there was an automated tram/light rail line with no conductor.
The train ran on its own rails, separate from roads for cars, and was run even late at night. Since it was automated, a loop run every hour late at night was possible for stragglers/night shift workers to use.
This would never happen in the USA since there is no union hiring if the tram is automated. Since hiring conductors late at night is expensive you get reduced hours. Etc etc.
- omega3 4y agoUSA has the most lines with the highest level of automation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_train_systems#Grade-of-Automation_4_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_train_system...
- ncmncm 4y agoThe USA is big. Scaled by land area covered vs. urban land not, or by population served vs. urban and not served, it looks less impressive.
- omega3 4y agoI don't see how that's relevant - OP has made a claim about automatic trains not being possible in the US which isn't the case. You can make a valid (more interesting) argument that some countries (e.g. China) are now ahead of the curve, or that automated by default isn't used but that's a different argument which the OP didn't make.
- shrubble 4y agoI think that list includes fully-enclosed or indoors rail such as inside an airport. While I agree that in one sense it 'counts' , I did mean to discuss the regular sort of line that moves people past properties owned by different people, or between neighborhoods, etc.