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Driverless trains are "An inevitable part of our future"

Martin Lowson, President, ULTra PRT
30 June 2010
Martin Lowson, President, ULTra PRT
Martin Lowson, President, ULTra PRT

 

Driverless transport systems are an inevitable and growing part of our future.

143 fully automated transportation systems are in operation around the world today carrying an average 5,817,000 passengers every day without a driver. US DoT statistics show that automated transit is significantly safer than non-automated equivalents. There has been no fatality on an automated system in the last 10 years.

Given the immense changes to other parts of our lives provided by information technology, it...

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