New York City Computerizes Subway

New York City launches a fully automated 24-station subway line.

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April 12, 2005, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"L line trains will run without conductors, except in emergencies, coasting along at preordained speeds and stopping automatically at stations, a lone train operator in the front car watching the controls.San Francisco has had this technology for years, and Paris has one such line.But the New York City Transit upgrade is a milestone. Never has a city with a subway so large or so old -- it turned 100 last fall -- tried to convert its existing infrastructure to automation."

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