A NYC urban planning research group published a study about train operation, calling on the MTA to make a driverless system for its planned Interborough Express (IBX) rail line through Brooklyn and Queens.

As part of its study, NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management reviewed more than 400 trains in dozens of countries and found that fewer than 6.25% of the systems have two staffers on board. Close

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But the researchers, who have written extensively about IBX land-use topics, are specifically advocating for MTA’s most anticipated projects to be built as a fully automated system, eliminating the need for on-board staff, including train operators, t

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