Let's take a look at the ones in Japan--this is Yurikamome in Tokyopic.twitter.com/OY0hX7x3tx
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Let's take a look at the ones in Japan--this is Yurikamome in Tokyopic.twitter.com/OY0hX7x3tx
The Nippori-Toneri Liner serves northern Tokyo, operated by Toei (part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government)pic.twitter.com/jTSznkNakM
A little further south, in Yokohama, you can find the Kanazawa Seaside Linepic.twitter.com/UHvSE55lu8
Linimo, a driverless maglev, opened in 2005, and connects the Nagoya Subway with the Aichi Loop Linepic.twitter.com/n8ObBhLCIJ
The Nanko Port Town Line is treated as part of the Osaka Municipal Subway, despite its being driverless and using rubber tyrespic.twitter.com/uofMQTYErs
Kobe New Transit is a company that operates two driverless lines in Kobe--the Port Liner and the Rokko Linerpic.twitter.com/KKEbbW6phb
The Skyrail Midorizaka Line looks like a cable car, but runs on a monorail instead of hanging from cables. It connects to JR West at Seno...pic.twitter.com/4q7qFCoDAi
...and operates three stops which climb the slope in the heart of a suburban town near Hiroshima--Midoriguchi, Midorinakamachi, Midorichuopic.twitter.com/tVK3pXfneL
fun fact: the Skyrail was the first transit system in Japan to introduce a smartcard--the "IC Commuter Pass"--in 1998 when the line opened
Gotta say; the drive to dehumanize transit is not just scary, but a tell on motives of business.
if it's any consolation, driverless trains may exist, but they're rare b/c they're pretty limited in their capacity
Right. But for me it's less fear of headless machines, and more about the robot model destroying good jobs, like Uber has done in the USA.
Ha ha! Just TRY getting that past the MTA union!
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