Dubai has the world’s largest, completely automated, driverless metro line — and it shows how far behind the US really is

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  • Dubai has the world’s third-largest automated, driverless metro system, a futuristic and highly reliable system that opened in 2009 and continues to be expanded.
  • On a recent trip to Dubai, I rode the city’s Red Line, the longest fully-automated metro line in the world. It cuts through the center of Dubai, flying past the city’s many newly built skyscrapers and landmarks.
  • The experience — which included cheap fares, air-conditioned cabins, on-time service, and multiple ticket classes — left me thinking about how far behind US infrastructure has become, when even the country’s best metro, the New York subway, is old and read more >>>

    Source : BusinessInsider.Com

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