Lee Duna to World NewsEnglish • 11 months agoBerlin’s plan for driverless magnetic trains derided by climate groupswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down110
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minus-square@MelonpolylinkEnglish14•11 months agoA driverless Maglev train is already rideable in Japan. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZX9T0kWb4Y&pp=ygURQ2jFq8WNIFNoaW5rYW5zZW4%3D Whether or not it’s worth it is yet to be determined. Driverless trains of lower speeds also already exist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_driverless_train_systems
minus-square@MirshelinkEnglish2•11 months agoI’m not sold on “driverless”. Even if it’s being monitored 24/7 by some dude in Brussels or whatever, there’s really no substitute for having someone PHYISCALLY on that train, in control, in case of an emergency or something.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•11 months agoThere’s been driverless subway for decades though, if it’s intracity travel (which seems the case here), then it makes sense. Maglev doesn’t, as many pointed out
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoSomeone will have to be there still, but they can do more useful things than sit in a box staring at signals
minus-squareQuokkalinkfedilinkEnglish-4•11 months agoI never said they don’t exist. It’s old technology. For the price of a ridiculous project like this how much conventional PT could be built by a workforce that already is equipped for it.
A driverless Maglev train is already rideable in Japan.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZX9T0kWb4Y&pp=ygURQ2jFq8WNIFNoaW5rYW5zZW4%3D
Whether or not it’s worth it is yet to be determined. Driverless trains of lower speeds also already exist.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_driverless_train_systems
I’m not sold on “driverless”. Even if it’s being monitored 24/7 by some dude in Brussels or whatever, there’s really no substitute for having someone PHYISCALLY on that train, in control, in case of an emergency or something.
There’s been driverless subway for decades though, if it’s intracity travel (which seems the case here), then it makes sense.
Maglev doesn’t, as many pointed out
Someone will have to be there still, but they can do more useful things than sit in a box staring at signals
I never said they don’t exist. It’s old technology.
For the price of a ridiculous project like this how much conventional PT could be built by a workforce that already is equipped for it.