It seems to be mostly a question of human comfort more than technology e.g. ther...

drzaiusapelord · on Sept 28, 2016

The lack of train automation has more to do with public sector unions protecting jobs via crony politics than human comfort.

dx034 · on Sept 28, 2016

I don't know why you get downvoted. At least in London that's certainly the case. Automating metros is very easy but as drivers can virtually halt the whole city with a strike, no one dares to do it.

masklinn · on Sept 29, 2016

> I don't know why you get downvoted.

Because it's a kneejerk political assertion of a common bogeyman provided with no evidence whatsoever which fails to explain why there are GOA4 systems in production including in countries with a history of adversarial labor relations?

TL;DR: because it's a worthless pandering comment

drzaiusapelord · on Sept 28, 2016

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hx87 · on Sept 28, 2016

> This site is mostly college-aged leftist millennials.

They're balanced (or perhaps more than balanced) out by the college-aged libertarian millennials, so that isn't a good explanation.