socphoenix@midwest.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roadsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldsingularity@lemmit.online
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minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 months agoThe best option is what Europe has been trying to do by decoupling track ownership from companies running the trains. However, that would likely mean a government takeover of all tracks.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoIt’s weird to me that a company can own a train line which cuts though the country and needs maintenance. Like imagine if they owned roads…
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months ago Like imagine if they owned roads… Oh, that’s been happening in some parts of the world. Well, at least highways.
The best option is what Europe has been trying to do by decoupling track ownership from companies running the trains. However, that would likely mean a government takeover of all tracks.
Just do it
It’s weird to me that a company can own a train line which cuts though the country and needs maintenance. Like imagine if they owned roads…
Oh, that’s been happening in some parts of the world. Well, at least highways.