The description states "Instead of tracks, the train runs along white-dotted lines on the test ground, controlled by hundreds of sensors. The train also uses rubber tires, which makes the ride like riding the bus."
Is Virtual Trackage the next step in rail travel?
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Is it still a train, or is it an articulated bus?
I think it's a bus. And if it's run by sensors, why does it have a steering wheel, or even a driver for that matter?
In conclusion: bus.
Harry's Trains posted:I think it's a bus. And if it's run by sensors, why does it have a steering wheel, or even a driver for that matter?
In conclusion: bus.
Over-glorified bus. Don't think it would be practical for long distances. Until the technology is proven, there will be a drivers position.
Even when O-Hare Airport installed their rubber tired and tracked people mover, there were initially operators on board. They still can be operated manually if needed.
Rusty
Wishful thinking but I hope that the USA's hst corridors would be built up like the Europeans by the turn of the NEXT CENTURY.
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