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Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by petre on Thursday September 13, 2018 @02:45PM (#17981210)
The ECA has recently made an assesment of high speed rail and they found out things are not as rosy as they seem:

https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocItem.aspx?did=46398

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Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by lemoncucumber on Thursday September 13, 2018 @02:49PM (#17981269)
That link requires HTTP basic auth.

But my understanding is that at least as far things like subways go, driverless trains aren't a difficult problem.

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Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by freedryk on Thursday September 13, 2018 @03:06PM (#17981430)
Vancouver, BC has been operating a driverless train system for its rapid transit since 1986.
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Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by adrianN on Thursday September 13, 2018 @02:48PM (#17981250)
I think the competition for cars are not high speed lines, but normal, everyday commuter trains.
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