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A grab from videos I was shooting from the front of a train on the Dubai Metro. Since it is a driverless, fully automated metro we could go right to the front of the train. A great place to be to get a good if fleeting glimpse of the city. Sadly the glass was not too clean and that explains the dark streaks across the sky. We had halted at a station when this train approached us from the opposite side giving me a great chance to get some good footage. I framed the shot trying to get as much of the skyline as possible. Besides me there were tourists from all over the world jostling for space but since we had taken a day long pass and ridden up and down a couple of times I could get a comfy corner of my own.
Taken in the driverless Metro front 1st class pod. An amazing ride at about 50 - 60mph!
This is heading NE from Dubai Marina towards town. Sheik Ziad Road is on the left.
D800E 50mm 1.4 lens at 1/360 f9 ISO100. The a3+ print is so sharp you can read a 'For Sale' sign on an appartment in the black tower block in the centre distance.
winning the NYC Driver-less Future Challenge
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sketched using Mental Canvas
The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai.
Because of the high demand for American presence in numerous regions across the globe, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) has continued to harp on the issue of fulfilling personnel numbers. With sizable deployments to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Central and East Asia, the United States' armed forces are being stretched thinner than anticipated. Moreover, the global trend towards greater urbanization means conventional fights against peer-level adversaries will swallow up tremendous resources as city blocks have to be cleared one-by-one and policed during an occupation. This sorry fact was more than alluded to by the two Eastern European Wars which saw extreme urban combat across the Balkans and Ukraine--and many of the cities involved pale in size when compared to those of East Asia. To cut to the chase, the DOD has become tremendously worried about fulfilling its security obligations should one--let alone two or more--corners of the world crank up the heat.
With this in mind, the various service branches undertook independent initiatives to circumvent personnel problems. As to be expected, many of these experiments revolve around automated systems to lighten the burden on existing personnel and augment existing forces. For example, the Army's Army Evolved 2040 initiative produced the Oshkosh Future (Autonomous) Cargo Truck [or F(A)CT] to reduce the number of men and women necessary to keep physical logistical lines operational. By slaving trucks to escort vehicles or giving the driverless vehicles completely digitized routes to follow, the Army can focus more on shoring up its forward presence.
The principles outlined above were continued under a similar program executed by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. Designed by the Missiles and Fire Control facilities, LockMart unveiled the Unmanned Modular Platform for Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Engagement (UMPIRE) as a way to add more lethality and C4ISR redundancies to the Army Evolved 2040 initiative. Meant to be a cross between a patrol vehicle and an intelligence node, the UMPIRE is able to conduct both supportive and independent operations, particularly those within dense urban areas. Ideally, the UMPIRE is meant to replace sentries and vulnerable investigation crews via its abilities to traverse difficult terrain/obstacles and relay high fidelity spatial data with its assortment of optical and acoustic instruments. This reduces troop exposure to buried explosives, snipers, coincidental injuries, and other precarious traps that would otherwise attrite coalition forces in a given locale.
Early fielding experiments with the UMPIRE have proven overwhelmingly successful by Army Evolved standards. Although logistical setbacks have been encountered due to the need to learn how to maintain a new class of vehicle, the Army has been able to adjust and train skilled crews on how to properly care for the vehicle. Additionally, the UMPIRE's needs are relatively low compared to robotic platforms from other nations as the vehicle was heavily inspired by America's next generation of lunar and Martian exploration rovers. Indeed, the unique wheel setup not only gives the UMPIRE the ability to climb challenging terrain (e.g. the moon's surface or a collapsed building), but offers propulsion redundancies as each wheel is equipped with a hub motor. Furthermore, the entire platform uses hybrid energy sources, so it has a relatively high range and prolonged ability to loiter/stalk depending on the mission set. The modularity of the base unit also allows for various weapons to be mounted on the vehicle (the units demonstrated above are equipped with 20mm remote weapons stations), or non-lethal crowd-control devices, enhanced intelligence-gathering instruments, or anything along those lines. More or less, the UMPIRE is indeed a highly versatile and autonomous system--perfect for the growing demands placed upon the US military.
Taking Ken on the Sydney Metro all the way out to Tallawong for lunch, and then back via Barangaroo.
A Tallawong service approaches Kellyville railway station under the cover of darkness. Seeing as there's no crew on these trains, I thought I might try out the flash and this is the result.
Taken: 26/5/2019
The Mountain Dwellings in Copenhagen. 80 dwellings all facing south with multistorey carpark under. The aluminium plates in the facade form a reproduction of Mount Everest. Awarded best housing project in the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona 2008.
Built: 2008. Architect: BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group, Denmark.
The metro trains are driverless and automatic with panoramic windows in front.
The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai.
This public art piece (Trans Am Totem) by Marcus Bowcott, a Vancouver-based artist, is a legacy of the 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale thanks to a donation from Chip and Shannon Wilson.
If and when the viaducts come down, the piece will likely be moved from its Quebec Street location.
Looks like it might be in for a bit of cleaning with the forklift on site. Its a favourite perch for the rats of the sky and gets covered with pigeon shit.
Trans Am Totem is a 10-meter-high (33-foot), 11,340-kilogram (25,000-pound) sculpture. It is composed of five scrapped cars stacked upon an old growth cedar tree.
The artwork considers our consumer “out with the old, in with the new” culture in relation to the site.
The piece is located in a street triangle at Quebec Street and Milross Avenue in downtown Vancouver.
The SkyTrain is the oldest (1985) and one of the longest automated driverless light rapid transit systems in the world.
The Expo and Millennium SkyTrain Lines connect downtown Vancouver with the cities of Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey
An evening everyday scene at Crewe station on May 19th 1981. A driverless Class 87 87021 -'Robert the Bruce' was stood with a London Euston to Glasgow Central service, whilst mail bags were being loaded into the Full Brake coach behind the 87, a young spotter complete with a parka jacket and rucksack, was peering through the gap between the BG and the 87 to see what was shunting the mixed rake of vans visible on the right.
87021 had been new from nearby Crewe Works in April 1974, it lasted just over thirty years in service and was scrapped in 2010.
Another exceptionally rare working saw Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President 930 once again escape its usual sphere of operation, and work the 1745 55 from Grantham to Saxby on Friday.
This came about following a number of occurrences which had seen the previous journey cancelled as the driver had to be borrowed to relieve another driver who had fallen ill whilst driving a service on the north side of the network. In the meantime, a bus swap was required elsewhere for various reasons, so for that, the easiest thing to do was take the now-driverless bus which should've been working the 55. All this left the last 55 without a bus and a driver - and when it came to time, with no other drivers available, I popped out the office and used the only vehicle available to get people home - which is, of course, the name of the game!
930 is seen here in Buckminster, having just dropped off the last passenger, and waiting for time before heading onwards. As for the brand name shown on the display, well this one isn't so little, and not so orange!
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
The SkyBridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Metro Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. Built between 1987 and 1989, it spans the Fraser River.
SkyTrain is the oldest and longest, fully-automated, driverless, rapid-transit system in the world.
The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai.
This Sandy Lane Fleetline has come from Brownshill Green or Allesley on its cross city route to Sewall Highway (Devonshire Arms). With a good load downstairs and the time approaching 11:00am, the passengers patiently wait the crew. Saturday 27th August 1977 in Pool Meadow. A driverless ECW bodied Fleetline possibly 25Y or 29Y lays over behind before heading off to the railway station.
Millpoint Road, South Perth, Western Australia.
An oldie but goody. 10 years ago Western Australia experimented with driver-less buses.
I have about 30 seconds of video of this vehicle if anyone is interested...
A long exposure taken from the front of a driverless train on the underground in Seoul, South Korea.
Driverless trains snake along elevated rails through gritty dirty industry and the high rise glass offices of corporations.
But this isn’t a sci fi novel, its London 2015
I can list a number of ways mirrorless cameras suck.
the core issue is declared loud and clear in the name itself.
they are called mirrorless rather than mirror free for a reason -
they are lacking, not freed from. the semantic difference is pulpable as in careless and carefree. pausing on this semantic nuance one must be suspicious, if not scared shitless, with anything called "driverless", and the marketing geniuses who came up with this term should not have been paid millions they were but I digress
mirror has always been the heart of a camera.
taking photos has always been putting mirror in front of the world and waiting for the world to start making faces.
that is of course if you used your camera as a magic box it is and not a copier. this is probably why I am so fond of photographing mirrors and reflections. taking a photo of a mirror is creating reflection of a reflection. that is likely to lead to all sort of consequences, just ask Alice.
mirrorless camera makes about as much sense as a stripeless tiger, trunkless elephant or tailless cat.
but let's pretend it is all oh so normal and we are cool with trunkless elephants and let's get back to the ways mirrorless cameras suck.
I made peace with a digital viewfinder which replaces window with a TV screen. Imagine you have all windows in your house replaced with TV screens , ultra uber extra HHHD of course, showing you exactly the view outside in extra uber extra HHHD quality ... I don't think I can unsee this vision
I made peace with an artificial "click". I almost learned to not notice the lack of actual physical vibration that used to come with a click.
I made peace with the fact that 95% of buttons on the camera are totally unnecessary, "M" does all that is needed to take a photo.
I made peace with the camera's obsession with "quality" and learned to mess up a photo in no time to remove offending "sharpness" and "crispness".
but one thing I am still trying to find a way around and probably the worst sin of mirrorless in my book - it stinks to high heaven in low light. It really is very very very bad in low light. the experience of taking a shot it awful, with a camera going into freakout , struggling and failing to make up its mind, and the result is underwhelming.
The basic technology of agricultural machines has changed little in the last century. Though modern harvesters and planters may do a better job or be slightly tweaked from their predecessors, the US$250,000 combine of today still cuts, threshes, and separates grain in the same way it has always been done. However, technology is changing the way that humans operate the machines, as computer monitoring systems, GPS locators, and self-steer programs allow the most advanced tractors and implements to be more precise and less wasteful in the use of fuel, seed, or fertilizer. In the foreseeable future, there may be mass production of driverless tractors, which use GPS maps and electronic sensors.
“MOON TRUCK
A driverless “truck” has landed supplies near a lunar base, in this artist’s conception. D. H. Dickstein of General Electric’s Spacecraft Department, today presented engineering concepts of a mass-produced spacetruck, fleets of which would gently land supplies on the moon wherever and whenever needed. He spoke at a technical session of the American Rocket Society’s current Lunar Missions Meeting here.
In this illustration, astronauts are unloading a cargo of oxygen and corrugated construction material which was bolted down on top of the saucer-like truck body. The body shape was chosen to provide maximum stability on loose or uneven lunar terrain and for easy unloading.”
This is delightful, amusing & raises multiple questions (in my mind).
Amongst other observations, note the “snow shoes” aka raquettes, worn by the astronaut on the right, who, for context, is walking away from an offloaded “truck”. I also noted the raised sun visor(?) of the astronaut on the left…nice. And, of course, the connected landers, central node & communications/relay station…which possibly has an adjacent transparent(?) domed structure. If so - suggesting the habitability of it - the perspective & scale is kinda wonky. But that’s okay, I still like it.
Done in charcoal? Pencil?
Finally, based on the year and it possibly being on behalf of General Electric, could this be the work of Roy Scarfo? Did he ever use charcoal/pencil as a medium? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
16-02 Newcastle to Bristol parcels.
A year later In September 1985 this locomotive was involved in a dramatic runaway whilst on track lifting duties at Pelton on the former Consett branch. The locomotive ran driverless light engine over three miles to Tyne Yard where it was deliberately brought to a stand by 37072 placed directly in its path on the former down slow line.
I had been secondman a few times during 1986/87 to the late Tyne driver Sid who was responsible for the runaway.
The cab in this view was severely crushed. However the locomotive was repaired and eventually withdrawn in 1996. I have shared a photo taken by Mick Ingledew of 31102 inside Gateshead MPD days after the incident.
Image taken by Bill Wilder. Shared kind permission of the Wakefield Railway Modellers Society.
First York are now trying this fully electric Yutong demonstrator numbered as 62990. It has seen some use on a variety of routes but it is shown here on the Askham Bar route 3. The vehicle has departed the new site which lays to the rear of Tesco and is passing the deserted old site to the right of connexions former Nottingham scania omnidekker. The council in York have been proactive with the park & ride but in my opinion, collectively with other organisations it has missed a trick with the whole site here around Tescos which could have been turned into a railway parkway station, cutting traffic congestion to the station area overnight. On the other hand Yutong has been one of those very successful companies which came from nowhere. In 1993 when the Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. was founded it had a sales volume of 708 units. Twenty years later the sales of buses and coaches reached 56,068 units, among which nearly 4000 were "new energy" buses. Some think alternative fuels are the next biggest thing for the industry, Yutong think driverless buses are......
A superb photograph of Didsbury village in the mid-1950s; its splendid clock tower looking a lot cleaner than it does today.
The impressive looking shop to the right of the clock tower with the drawn out canopies and its pinnacled roof still stands, albeit with the pinnacles long removed.
Balancing the view, the Manchester Corporation bus is stood driverless at the trafficless Wilmslow Road terminal point. The bus, No3146 had been new to MCT in 1949, and is wearing the original style of livery with the cream painted upper deck window surrounds. On later repaints the upper saloons were painted in allover red and all eventually lost this feature, including 3146.
3146 along with many of its sisters, was withdrawn after 19-years service in 1968.
From an original negative held in my collection.
On Thursday 2, the line 6 of Santiago´s subway network was opened to the public, improving the coverage of this mean of transportation to new neighbourhoods (in fact, municipalities) like Cerrillos and Pedro Aguirre Cerda, with 15 new kilometres of line that has new features like driverless trains, payment only with machines and platforms covered with glass curtain and automatic doors (a big change on the history of Santiago transportation). This line is currently the most modern in America and right now we´re publishing an interesting shot from the front of the driverless trains on the tunnel between Ñuble and Bio Bio stations.
El jueves pasado, la línea 6 del Metro de Santiago finalmente fue abierta al público, extendiendo la cobertura de este medio de transporte a nuevos municipios del Gran Santiago como Cerrillos y Pedro Aguirre Cerda (en la zona sur poniente), con 15 nuevos kilómetros de línea y que tiene nuevas características como trenes sin conductor, pago solamente con máquinas de cara y andenes completamente protegidos con muros de vidrio y puertas automáticas (lo que ya supone un gigantesco cambio en la historia del Metro de Santiago). Actualmente (y con toda seguridad) esta línea es la más moderna del continente americano y ahora publicamos una interesante fotografía tomada desde el frontis de los trenes sin conductor justo en el túnel entre las estaciones Ñuble y Bío Bío (en plena comuna de Santiago).
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Etisalat Tower 2 home of the UAE based telecommunications services provider- the most notable aspect of the tower is that it has a spherical structure at the top, similar to a golf ball
World Trade Center - The 39-storey office tower stands 149 metres (489 feet) tall .At the time it was built, it was the tallest building in Dubai (and UAE) and the first high rise along Sheikh Zayed Road.
The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. Guinness World Records has declared Dubai Metro as the world's longest fully automated metro network spanning at 75 kilometres (47 mi)
This is a replica of 'the Car', built for the 1977 horror film The Car, about a sinister and driverless car that terrorises a small Utah town with a series of murders. George Barris was commissioned to build four cars for the film and, like this one, they used a Lincoln Continental Mk. III chassis. Sadly, all of the originals were scrapped. The 460cu. in. Ford block, bored and stroked to 490, only delivers 8m.p.g. but has given the car a time of 13.16s seconds down the quarter-mile in the Street Eliminator series at Santa Pod.
New Year's Day Gathering 2016
Brooklands Museum
Weybridge, Surrey
"The White Tower is a gate tower of Nuremberg's penultimate city fortifications.
The tower is located on Ludwigsplatz in Lorenz's old town, opposite the former Teutonic Order churches of St. Jakob and St. Elisabeth. It closes off the pedestrian zone (Karolinenstrasse and Breite Gasse) that begins at the Lorenz Church to the west. While it was previously built into the second city wall, which has since been demolished, it now stands freely on the square. To the east of it is the Hans Sachs Fountain, which Nuremberg residents affectionately call the Marriage Carousel.
The tower was originally part of the Inner Spittler Gate (named after the former neighboring Elisabethospital) and, like the Laufer Schlagturm, houses a chiming clock, which, as part of a nationwide network of chiming clocks, announced the somewhat complicated Nuremberg clock.
The tower is a brick/sandstone block building with an ogival gate passage and escape niches. It was probably built around 1250 and originally served as a toll booth. Together with the Laufer Schlagturm and the Schuldturm, it is one of the few remaining towers from its era in Nuremberg. The demolition planned after the imperial city was transferred to Bavaria was prevented by the resistance of Nuremberg's citizens.
Its name is derived from the white plastering of the brickwork in earlier years. During renovation work in the post-war period, the plaster was removed and the barbican was reconstructed.
Since the subway was built in 1978, an escalator to the eastern entrance to the Weißer Turm subway station has been built into the gate passage. An underground structural connection to the neighboring Wöhrl department store, which was temporarily closed, has been open again since the U1-Fashion opened in 2004. Direct access to the C&A department store is also possible on the same intermediate level.
Nuremberg (/ˈnjʊərəmbɜːrɡ/ NURE-əm-burg; German: Nürnberg [ˈnʏʁnbɛʁk]; in the local East Franconian dialect: Nämberch [ˈnɛmbɛrç]) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 545,000 inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.
Nuremberg sits on the Pegnitz, which carries the name Regnitz from its confluence with the Rednitz in Fürth onwards (Pegnitz→ Regnitz→ Main→ Rhine→ North Sea), and on the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, that connects the North Sea to the Black Sea. Lying in the Bavarian administrative region of Middle Franconia, it is the largest city and unofficial capital of the entire cultural region of Franconia. The city is surrounded on three sides by the Reichswald, a large forest, and in the north lies Knoblauchsland (garlic land), an extensive vegetable growing area and cultural landscape.
The city forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring cities of Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach, which is the heart of an urban area region with around 1.4 million inhabitants, while the larger Nuremberg Metropolitan Region has a population of approximately 3.6 million. It is the largest city in the East Franconian dialect area (colloquially: "Franconian"; German: Fränkisch).
Nuremberg and Fürth were once connected by the Bavarian Ludwig Railway, the first steam-hauled and overall second railway opened in Germany (1835). Today, the U1 of the Nuremberg Subway, which is the first German subway with driverless, automatically moving railcars, runs along this route. Nuremberg Airport (Flughafen Nürnberg "Albrecht Dürer") is the second-busiest airport in Bavaria after Munich Airport, and the tenth-busiest airport of the country.
Institutions of higher education in Nuremberg include the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), Germany's 11th-largest university, with campuses in Erlangen and Nuremberg and a university hospital in Erlangen (Universitätsklinikum Erlangen), Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm and Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg. The Nuremberg exhibition centre (Messe Nürnberg) is one of the biggest convention center companies in Germany and operates worldwide.
Nuremberg Castle and the city's walls, with their many towers, are among the most impressive in Europe. Staatstheater Nürnberg is one of the five Bavarian state theatres, showing operas, operettas, musicals, and ballets (main venue: Nuremberg Opera House), plays (main venue: Schauspielhaus Nürnberg), as well as concerts (main venue: Meistersingerhalle). Its orchestra, the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, is Bavaria's second-largest opera orchestra after the Bavarian State Opera's Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich. Nuremberg is the birthplace of Albrecht Dürer and Johann Pachelbel. 1. FC Nürnberg is the most famous football club of the city and one of the most successful football clubs in Germany. Nuremberg was one of the host cities of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Franconia (German: Franken, pronounced [ˈfʁaŋkŋ̍]; Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: Fränkisch).
Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, Franconian-speaking, South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian— and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg.
Those parts of the Vogtland lying in Saxony (largest city: Plauen) are sometimes regarded as Franconian as well, because the Vogtlandian dialects are mostly East Franconian. The inhabitants of Saxon Vogtland, however, mostly do not consider themselves as Franconian. On the other hand, the inhabitants of the Hessian-speaking parts of Lower Franconia west of the Spessart (largest city: Aschaffenburg) do consider themselves as Franconian, although not speaking the dialect. Heilbronn-Franconia's largest city of Heilbronn and its surrounding areas are South Franconian-speaking, and therefore only sometimes regarded as Franconian. In Hesse, the east of the Fulda District is Franconian-speaking, and parts of the Oden Forest District are sometimes regarded as Franconian for historical reasons, but a Franconian identity did not develop there.
Franconia's largest city and unofficial capital is Nuremberg, which is contiguous with Erlangen and Fürth, with which it forms the Franconian conurbation with around 1.3 million inhabitants. Other important Franconian cities are Würzburg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Ansbach and Coburg in Bavaria, Suhl and Meiningen in Thuringia, and Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg.
The German word Franken—Franconians—also refers to the ethnic group, which is mainly to be found in this region. They are to be distinguished from the Germanic people of the Franks, and historically formed their easternmost settlement area. The origins of Franconia lie in the settlement of the Franks from the 6th century in the area probably populated until then mainly by the Elbe Germanic people in the Main river area, known from the 9th century as East Francia (Francia Orientalis). In the Middle Ages the region formed much of the eastern part of the Duchy of Franconia and, from 1500, the Franconian Circle. The restructuring of the south German states by Napoleon, after the demise of the Holy Roman Empire, saw most of Franconia awarded to Bavaria." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
A view of the east end of False Creek from the Georgia Street viaduct.
11 December, 1985, Metro Vancouver’s first SkyTrain, the Expo Line, opened for service on these tracks just months ahead of the start of the Expo ’86 World’s Fair.
The transit line was a legacy project to help shuttle the influx of visitors during the World’s Fair and meet growing transportation needs of the region.
The fully-automated, driverless system was on its own an attraction of the World’s Fair.
The fairs theme was “Transportation and Communication: World in Motion – World in Touch”.
The tracks on this line have a metal plate down the centre of the tracks used for propulsion of the trains using linear induction motors (LIM).
The resulting magnetic field in the narrow air gap between the plate and the LIM on the underside of the cars speeds and slows the train.
The advantage is fewer moving parts for more cost effective maintenance and superior speed, acceleration, reliability, and the ability to travel on steeper grades.
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Opened in January 22nd, the new line 3 of Santiago´s subway network is the latest novelty in Santiago´s public transportation. This new line with 22 kilometres of length and 18 new stations (6 with interexchange with other lines), covers the municipalities of La Reina, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Independencia, Conchalí and Quilicura. This new line runs entirely by tunnel and uses the same technologies used in line 6 (driverless trains, glass doors at platforms and others) improving on a truly way the quality of life of millions in Greater Santiago.
On this picture we have Plaza Egaña subway station.
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[The Place]
"Plaza Egaña" Subway Station
Line 3
(Combination Place to Line 4)
Santiago Metro Network
This station is placed at the corner of Américo Vespucio (beltway) and Irarrázaval avenues
Near Egaña Square and Mallplaza Egaña shopping centre
Municipalities of Ñuñoa and La Reina
Greater Santiago
Metropolitan Region
Chile
[El Lugar]
Estación de Metro "Plaza Egaña"
(Pasillo de combinación a Línea 4)
Línea 3
Metro de Santiago
Ubicada en la esquina de Avenidas Américo Vespucio / Ossa e Irarrázaval
Cerca del Centro Comercial Mallplaza Egaña
Comunas de Ñuñoa y La Reina
Área Metropolitana de Santiago
Región Metropolitana
Chile
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February, 2019 | Febrero de 2019
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Buildings and a speeding driverless? Mercedes, Bradford Street, Birmingham
Copyright Geoff Dowling: All rights reserved
Sometimes referred to a London's secret railway, The Mail Rail was an underground rail line designed to bypass London traffic. Opened in 1927 the driverless trains efficiently transported mail below the busy streets between multiple stations, until 2003, when demand had been dropping due to technological advances such as e-mail and cost issues.
The tunnels and stations can now be visited by members of the public. Even though the tunnels and trains are way smaller than the well known underground system it is such an adventure, albeit quite a tight fit into the carriages! There is a postal museum over the road too with a great exhibition on mail delivery through the years.
You will need to book a ticket for the train ride. More information available here:
Me and my son Vivek an Engineer, , I have to learn a lot from him. He has to explain me on this most modern transportation system in the world.
A Driverless automatic system covering the entire length of Dubai.
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In 1819, Sir Thomas Raffles negotiated a treaty whereby Johor allowed the British to locate a trading port on the island. The Sultan of Johor is the sovereign ruler of the Malaysian state of Johor. It all was leading to the establishment of the British colony of Singapore in 1819. The port was strategically located along the main trade route between India and China. Singapore became an independent republic in 1965. Nowadays the country has become one of the world's most prosperous nations, with a highly developed free market economy and strong international trading links. Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and is the 5th most visited city in the world. Along with this, it also has one of the world's lowest crime rates. Public transport is easy when visiting Singapore. This includes the well-known Mass Rapid Transit system. MRT trains are fully automated without driver! Singapore is a green and clean city. It is also full of natural attractions and cultural heritage sites, from botanic gardens and nature parks to temples and museums. Chinatown is a small piece of China in the heart of Singapore. Once an enclave for Singapore’s Chinese immigrant population, the Chinatown of today is much-beloved for its blend of old and new, with historic temples and traditional medicinal halls sitting alongside hip new bars and lifestyle shops. You also can't miss the three monstrous towers of Marina Bay Sands which stand at the Marina Bay waterfront. Apart from the casino, the Marina Bay Sands also has a shopping mall, resorts, museums, theatres, an ice skating rink, and a Skydeck with an infinity pool. Next to the hotel are the Gardens by the Bay. The beautiful Gardens by the Bay light up in the evening with a free light and sound show. But the park consists of much more. There are three gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. In addition, there are two conservatories with botanical gardens, and the SuperTree Grove, with its well-known OCBC Skywalk. Definitely worth a visit.
Getting around Singapore by MRT (train) is simple. Singapore's public transport system is fast and efficient, and brings you to memorable attractions in no time. Take a refreshing walk in the award-winning Gardens by the Bay of Singapore. Of the 18 Supertrees in Gardens 12 of them can be found here above at Supertree Grove, with the tallest one measuring up to 50 metres tall. The Supertrees come alive with an exhilarating display of lights and sounds at night. See the gardens from a different point of view from the OCBC Skywalk. Beside the Supertree Grove there are beautiful inspiring gardens. Set in the heart of the city, this green space comprises three beautiful waterfront gardens of total 101 hectares. Photo of Samantha in front of the green Gardens by the Bay.
In 1819 onderhandelde Sir Thomas Raffles over een verdrag waarbij Johor de Britten toestond een handelshaven op het eiland te vestigen. De Sultan van Johor is de soevereine heerser van de Maleisische staat Johor. Het leidde allemaal tot de oprichting van de Britse kolonie Singapore in 1819. De haven was strategisch gelegen langs de belangrijkste handelsroute tussen India en China. Singapore werd in 1965 een onafhankelijke republiek. Tegenwoordig is het land één van de meest welvarende landen ter wereld geworden, met een hoog ontwikkelde vrije markteconomie en sterke internationale handelsbanden. Toerisme in Singapore is een belangrijke industrie en is de 5e meest bezochte stad ter wereld. Daarnaast heeft het ook één van 's werelds laagste misdaadcijfers. Openbaar vervoer is eenvoudig tijdens een bezoek aan Singapore. MRT-treinen zijn volledig geautomatiseerd zonder machinist ! Singapore is een groene en schone stad. Het staat ook vol met natuurlijke attracties en culturele erfgoedsites, van botanische tuinen en natuurparken tot tempels en musea. Ook kun je de drie monsterlijke torens van Marina Bay Sands die aan de waterkant van Marina Bay staan niet missen. Naast het casino heeft het Marina Bay Sands ook een winkelcentrum, resorts, musea, theaters, een ijsbaan en een Skydeck met een overloopzwembad met prachtig uitzicht op de stad. Naast het hotel liggen de Gardens by the Bay. De prachtige tuinen by the Bay lichten 's avonds op door een gratis licht en geluidsshow. Maar het park bestaat dus uit veel meer. Zo zijn er drie tuinen: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. Daarnaast zijn er twee conservatoria met botanische tuinen, en de SuperTree Grove natuurlijk, met zijn bekende OCBC Skywalk. Zeker een bezoekje waard. Foto van Samantha voor de Gardens by the Bay.
A driverless Northern Counties Paladin bodied Scania L113,stands at Milton Keynes ready to work service 70 to Luton and Dunstable,via Leighton Buzzard.
The first production ADL Enviro200 MMC ever built - a development and testing vehicle - has now been converted into a completely autonomous vehicle with the help of Fusion Processing software, with a driverless bus trial now taking place within Stagecoach Manchester depots. The bus is able to take itself to fuelling points and the washing station, and then park up in the depot, without any further driver input than simply selecting the destination on an in-cab touchscreen. At this stage, the driver does remain in the cab to supervise, but doesn't have any input. A full-scale passenger-carrying driverless bus trial, also using Fusion Processing E200 MMCs, is expected on a new route across the old Forth Road Bridge next year.
UK Bus & Coach Show, National Exhibition Centre
3 October 2019
The Dubai Metro
is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with three further lines planned.
These first two lines run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere (elevated railway).
All trains and stations are air conditioned with platform edge doors to make this possible.
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Doha is working on a subway system. Part of the red line opened this May. I tried it and went from Msheireb to DECC in West Bay. Huge station, almost deserted. There is 50x more staff than travelers. I went to the machine to get a ticket and 3 people walked up to me to help buy a ticket and guide me to the correct platform. Six people in the (driverless) train. They operate the entire line for six people and a tourist.
What is cool is that all stations have the same design language on exterior and interior and they are beautiful and fully airconditioned. On the ceilings these tiles with pearl effect (Qatar used to make their money selling pearls). Stations are specious, clean and with expensive material used.
Station in the airport should open this year which should allow people to take the subway from the airport to city centre (old and new). From what I understand is that the boycot on Qatar from the Emirates and Saudi Arabia causes huge delays in delivering construction projects (subway stations) in time.
Trains and track by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, boring by Herrenknecht, signalling and communication by Thales and consultancy by Deutsche Bahn.