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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (242676)	7/22/2005 2:54:55 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572507

TP, Imagine, if you will, that mass transit consisted of a lot of driverless cars controlled by networked computers. Now that's an imaginative idea. It probably isn't practical by a longshot, but at least it's creative. Vancouver's system is nearly there.....its automated, runs on hyroelectric generated power and is clean. The only thing different from TigerPaw's proposal is that you can't order a car individually but with a Cray supercomputer, I am sure that's doable: The world's longest automated light rapid transit system SkyTrain moves customers quickly, efficiently and reliably across the region along 49 kilometres on the Expo and Millennium lines through 32 stations. Running on electricity, SkyTrain is emissions free and energy efficient. Travelling high above traffic on elevated guideways means that you fly past traffic, on trains running every 2 to 8 minutes. SkyTrain is accessible SkyTrain is bike friendly during off-peak times Your safety and security on SkyTrain is important to us For service and elevator/escalator maintenance updates see our Customer Alerts Fare zones and pricing translink.bc.ca