re: #312 Dark_Falcon

Cops are still sometimes two to a car, and the decision on 1 or two is more about budgets and manpower priorities than automation.

As for airliners, I doubt they’ll be automated in my lifetime. UAVs still have a far higher loss rate than manned aircraft, and automating passenger aircraft will not happen till that changes.

And likely, not after. BART (the famously strikey local transit system) was designed to be centrally run — lots of money saved because they wouldn’t need train operators. It turned out that passengers wouldn’t ride “unmanned” subway cars.