The future has arrived, and it smells a little like urine
Finally, automation is coming to the New York subway. Mentioned before on this blog, the L train is tantalizingly close to being fully automated.
But there are some who still wonder why we gave up trusty, reliable drafthorses for newfangled and complicated self-propelled carriages:
"No subway system is like New York City's subway system," said Councilman John C. Liu, chairman of the City Council's Transportation Committee, who wants to hold hearings this fall on the system.
"Before you start having robots run our subways, I'd like to see them get the P.A. system up and running," he said. "Let's get the P.A. system working on all the subway cars and platforms. Let's get the lighting fixed on all the platforms. Let's get the MetroCard machines working fully, all the time. Get the basic stuff done first before you go into this Buck Rogers mode."
Buck Rogers? This isn't teleportation, Councilman Liu. They do it in nearly every modern system.
In other news, a New York City councilman was seen this afternoon trying to hunt down his lunch with a sharpened stick in City Hall Park.
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rj3 | 2:21 PM |
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