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Driverless Trains on Paris Underground
Paris’ famous underground transit looks to become more capable of handling strikes by introducing driverless trains.
Paris Trains to be Driverless
Paris’s oldest and busiest underground railway line is to be given a multimillion-euro overhaul which local authorities hope will make it more stylish, streamlined and – crucially in a city regularly crippled by industrial action – more strike-proof than ever.
Will Democrats increase passenger train and high speed rail in the US?
California high speed rail supporters think the answer is yes. I am not totally optimistic, but sure do hope so.
“I think high-speed rail now is ‘when’ not ‘if,” said Carl Guardino, chief executive of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a business organization in San Jose that backed Proposition 1A.
I personally am not as concerned with High Speed rail as simply rail in general. If it takes high-speed rail to get the government to support rail, fine. And it may be that more travelers will take to rail if it is high-speed. I just think we need to support rail – period.
Australian town pushes for more train service
The Singleton Argus reports a group of ladies are working effortlessly to increase train service from Singleton to New Castle, Australia. Four trips each way are currently offered, but with increasing coal industry influence, they have fear of scaled back passenger trains.
“There is already a lot of traffic on the roads going to and from Newcastle and this is only going to increase with more people coming to live here… This, as well as rising petrol prices, means there is a need for increased rail services.”
Pretty simple really.
Where is this type of push in the US? We hear a push for more drilling. Why? So Exxon executives can make even more money?
Article can be accessed here.