Re:Mt View studying automated transit to Googleplex. (Commun...
by pubg on Sunday September 17, 2017 @09:49PM
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Would vehicles from Google be contenders for this? From the article I'm not certain if the solutions are limited to airport / monorail -types of systems.
Besides Google, who has proven their autobot cars work for miles and miles?
Re:Mt View studying automated transit to Googleplex. (Commun...
by mc32 on Sunday September 17, 2017 @11:55PM
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Well, I would imagine their focus isn't so much automation so much as congestion. While automating X amount of cars will reduce congestion a little, a mass transit system (automated as it may be) would reduce congestion significantly.
So, unless google has been testing high capacity transit vehicles, 4-person max vehicles aren't what MV is excited about.
At the bottom, there are a couple mock ups of different types of transportation considered. They include: Rubber-Tired Automated People Movers, Monorail, Cable-Propelled Automated People Mover, Maglev, Autonomous Transit Vehicles, and Personal Rapid Transit, etc...
Besides Google, who has proven their autobot cars work for miles and miles?
So, unless google has been testing high capacity transit vehicles, 4-person max vehicles aren't what MV is excited about.
At the bottom, there are a couple mock ups of different types of transportation considered. They include: Rubber-Tired Automated People Movers, Monorail, Cable-Propelled Automated People Mover, Maglev, Autonomous Transit Vehicles, and Personal Rapid Transit, etc...
Basically everything is on the table.