Courtesy of Mish.
Driverless trains are about to make a big impact in London. The Telegraph reports New ‘Driverless’ Tube trains unveiled by TFL.
That article is from October 2014, recently sent to me by a reader. The trains are fully automated, but will initially be manned. By the mid-2020s the trains will be totally driverless.
Driverless Train Video
Link if video does not play: London’s Driverless Tube Trains.
London vs. Chicago
The above video got me thinking about the sorry state of Chicago infrastructure and some spectacular “L” and subway crashes.
Please consider A Rare Non-Tragic Chance to Revisit the Idea of Driverless Trains.
It usually takes a tragedy of considerable proportions to reopen discussions of train safety in U.S. cities. But this time a mere video might do the trick. By now you may have caught footage of a Chicago blue line L train derailing and barreling up an escalator at the O’Hare station earlier this week, as if auditioning for a Bruce Willis movie.
In the aftermath of the crash, much of the focus has been on the driver who evidently fell asleep at the helm (for the second time this year).
Blue Line Crash Video
Link if video does not play: Blue Line Crash…
