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Computerized Subway Cars Being Phased In
(old news - 08:25PM Thursday Apr 08 2004)
Get ready for computerized subways. The job title of subway driver could go by the wayside when computer-guided trains set to make their maiden voyage in about a year. They'll start on the L train and then? Well the future will be now.

This will change everything about the subway system, and your commute. New technology, new computers that will run the train.

And it's going in now. New York City Transit gave us a sneak peek on Thursday -- it's an on-board computer that will control everything. Here's the perk -- the computer will keep perfect separation between trains, so they can run closer together, increasing capacity by 20 percent. Basically, they can put more trains on the tracks.

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avd706
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New York Post article

Lets all thank the New York Post for printing a primer for Al Queda on how to operate the damm things.

see the print version

»www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/18410.htm
permalink · 2004-04-08 23:06:30 · Reply to this

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Re: New York Post article

The controls on a train really aren't that hard to operate anyways. There are simulators floating around out there. I think there was a 16-year old kid a few years back who posted as a motorman and drove the train fairly well until he went over the speed limit. Hell I could probably drive a train.
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permalink · 2004-04-09 09:25:20 · Reply to this

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said by Straphanger See Profile:
Please use all available doors...you have 33 to choose from.
umm... 32 on an 8 car IND train.
permalink · 2004-04-26 21:45:23 · Reply to this

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no thanks

i will not feel safe knowing that a computer is driving the train. i preffer having a human doing the driving.
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Re: no thanks

If it doesn't stop there's always the emergency brake to pull.
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said by Deus See Profile:
If it doesn't stop there's always the emergency brake to pull.
but what if the emergency brake is controlled by the computer?? dear god, lets hope they wont be running on windows.
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said by Julio See Profile:
said by Deus See Profile:
If it doesn't stop there's always the emergency brake to pull.
but what if the emergency brake is controlled by the computer?? dear god, lets hope they wont be running on windows.
the emergency brake is a mechanical valve that bleeds off the air brakes...
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 "The $287 million project, which started in 1999, will allow a computer to run the trains, but transit officials said an operator will be at the controls at all times and can override the automatic system in the event of an emergency."

My thoughts exactly...
"But, as one man put it today, sounds great -- just don't increase the fare."
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aloneworld
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HHV, NY		 I've used automatic subways for years in Lyon France. That was the best subway service I ever experienced. The train was never late.
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