Difference between revisions of "Talk:Automated transport systems"
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Most people would think twice about flying on airliners knowing that 2885 jumbos crash each year killing all (severe injuries: 36,000 jumbos crash landing) — this is reality of road transport. Likelihood of being killed on the road is something like 1 in 200 (need to find ref).
- Trains
- Light rail
- Personal rapid transit
- Maglev
- Vacuum maglev system
- Gravity vacuum maglev (almost no energy required)
- Vacuum maglev system
- Driverless road vehicles
- Electric vehicles
- Aircraft
- Personal aircraft
- Sub-orbital passenger craft
- Spacecraft etc.
- Airships
- Ships
Financial cost of road traffic accidents estimated at over $120 billion in the US and over $193 billion in the Europe Union. (Found in slideshow from Delphi Automotive Integrated Safety Systems - need to find source).
Non-automated, but desirable vehicles for another section:
- Electric / fuel cell
- Human powered
