Driverless cars and trucks are a popular topic lately; driverless trains are already in use in 22 countries around the world
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Let's take a look at the ones in Japan--this is Yurikamome in Tokyopic.twitter.com/OY0hX7x3tx
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The Nippori-Toneri Liner serves northern Tokyo, operated by Toei (part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government)pic.twitter.com/jTSznkNakM
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A little further south, in Yokohama, you can find the Kanazawa Seaside Linepic.twitter.com/UHvSE55lu8
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Linimo, a driverless maglev, opened in 2005, and connects the Nagoya Subway with the Aichi Loop Linepic.twitter.com/n8ObBhLCIJ
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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
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Kobe New Transit is a company that operates two driverless lines in Kobe--the Port Liner and the Rokko Linerpic.twitter.com/KKEbbW6phb
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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
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...and operates three stops which climb the slope in the heart of a suburban town near Hiroshima--Midoriguchi, Midorinakamachi, Midorichuopic.twitter.com/tVK3pXfneL
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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
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Replying to @380kmh
(What is the IC ?integrated circuit? Or intelligent card? Or or…
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