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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr
Despite tremendous advancements in technology over last 50 years automated trains are still restricted to few fully grade separated metro systems instead of being in widespread use. Currently it looks like this won't change in another half a century.
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When the BART rail system was created in the late 60s in the San Francisco Bay Area, the trains were fully capable of autonomous operation and the BART authorities flirted with idea but public ill-ease with the idea made it necessary to have operators in the cabs. Oddly, there was public outcry over 'featherbedding' since the impression was the operators would simply be sitting in the cabs drawing a paycheck for doing nothing...
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