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Driverless Cars Will Make Passenger Rail Obsolete [Opinion] (2019)

Yair Wiseman (Author)

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Volume: 38
Issue: 2
Pages: 22-27
Publication date: 2019
Language: English

DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2019.2913067

Publication Date: 2019
Edition Details: Magazine department: Opinion

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Autonomous vehicles Intelligent transportation systems Railway industry Automobiles Air pollution Traffic safety Roads and highways Traffic congestion 21st century United States

Driverless vehicles will be common on the road in a short time. They will have many impacts on global transport market trends. One remarkable impact of driverless vehicles will be the laying aside of rail systems, for several reasons. The main reasons are that traffic congestion will no longer be a justification for rail, rail will not be the best answer for the disabled, and air pollution caused by driverless cars is more or less equal to air pollution from trains. Last but not least is that driverless cars are safer than trains.

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