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If people want one or two people in the loop on board commuter trains its fine by me. Really it should be a local/democratic decision. Long haul freight trains
by protocolture 1y ago
If people want one or two people in the loop on board commuter trains its fine by me. Really it should be a local/democratic decision.
Long haul freight trains however, should absolutely be exempt.
- Ericson2314 1y agoIt seems due to the way NY machine politics works, this was passed as a "freebee" to the union without considering the broader societal impact. There are plenty of ways to improve productivity without firing train operators — simplest way is running more service in the existing network, and also expanding the network. This evidently wasn't disgussed — and indeed the bill lies saying there is no fiscal impact. Hopefully Governor Hochul refuses to sign it.
- protocolture 1y ago>It seems due to the way NY machine politics works, this was passed as a "freebee" to the union without considering the broader societal impact. Yeah absolutely.
- seanmcdirmid 1y ago> Long haul freight trains however, should absolutely be exempt. We will see automated long haul freight trains eventually, as long as their is pressure to up safety requirements (human operators being the weakest link in that).
- protocolture 1y agoIIRC we had a train get loose without operators in Western Australia and they just remotely derailed it, like it was nothing. Remote control would have been preferable, the incident demonstrated to me that the remote operators have the steel in their spine to destroy the companies money rather than risk human life.
- AnotherGoodName 1y agoThe article does state it only applies to the mta fwiw.