Electrified DART+ plan moves a step closer https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/0429/1446427-ianrod-eireann-new-trains/ Posted by CaptainSpicebag
pauldavis1234 on April 30, 2024 7:40 am Going to be hilarious to watch all this public transport investment become worthless as full self-driving takes over. Trains are the most inefficient way to get anywhere, always at least one other mode of transport needed, normally two.
slamjam25 on April 30, 2024 8:52 am >”We’re nearly at four years in the design process from the start of the concept and the beginning of the tender,” said Mr Smyth. Just four years to say “I’ll take one of of your existing models but paint it green”. And they say the government can’t get anything done on schedule.
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Going to be hilarious to watch all this public transport investment become worthless as full self-driving takes over.
Trains are the most inefficient way to get anywhere, always at least one other mode of transport needed, normally two.
>”We’re nearly at four years in the design process from the start of the concept and the beginning of the tender,” said Mr Smyth.
Just four years to say “I’ll take one of of your existing models but paint it green”. And they say the government can’t get anything done on schedule.