About 48 hours ago, New York City's transit tested out their driverless trains. Reportedly, the trains debuted on the L line between 12:30 AM and 5:30 AM. Although motormen were present on the computerized train, the computer did all of the accelerating and braking.According to The New York Daily News, the trains come attached with a $326 million price tag. The MTA aspires to implement the driverless trains on more of the subway's lines. They vow to do so if they can obtain the funding. [SIDEBAR: What recession???]
The automated trains will make train conductors obsolete. The MTA can not yet lay-off the motormen because of the agreement that they have with the Transit Workers Union. However, transit's officials seem to be looking forward to the day when driverless trains dominate the subway system.
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