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COVID-19 Along With Autonomous Vehicles Will Put an End to Rail Systems in Isolated Territories
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine ( IF 3.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 , DOI: 10.1109/mits.2021.3049409
Yair Wiseman

Even before the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease pandemic outbreak, the rail systems on islands turned out to be failures. The main concept of rail systems is to convey many people in one large means of transportation. However, on islands, the small area limits the ability of the train to go through a good path that can meet the need of a sufficient number of people. Therefore, the rail systems are unproductive. Moreover, in the near future, the trains will have tough competition with autonomous vehicles. Autonomous vehicles will go in platoons with a constant distance from the vehicle ahead, which will look like a long train. These autonomous vehicle trains will be much more efficient than the old fashioned trains. COVID-19 influenced many passengers to leave the rails because the rails seem to be one of the most substantial disseminators of the virus. Train passenger numbers may perhaps rebound little by little following the COVID-19 crisis, but the looming technology of autonomous vehicles will be competition that is too tough for the rails, and such a passenger-numbers rebound is unlikely to succeed. Therefore, transportation authorities in isolated territories should refrain from investing in the infrastructures of rail systems.

中文翻译:

COVID-19 和自动驾驶汽车将终结孤立地区的铁路系统

甚至在冠状病毒 (COVID-19) 疾病大流行爆发之前,岛上的铁路系统就已经出现故障。铁路系统的主要概念是在一种大型交通工具中运送许多人。但是,在岛屿上,狭小的区域限制了火车通过能够满足足够人数需求的良好路径的能力。因此,铁路系统是非生产性的。此外,在不久的将来,列车将与自动驾驶汽车展开激烈的竞争。自动驾驶汽车将与前方车辆保持恒定距离成排行驶,这看起来就像一列长长的火车。这些自动驾驶火车将比老式火车更有效率。COVID-19 影响了许多乘客离开轨道,因为轨道似乎是病毒最重要的传播者之一。在 COVID-19 危机之后,火车乘客人数可能会逐渐回升,但迫在眉睫的自动驾驶技术将是对铁路来说过于激烈的竞争,这种乘客人数的反弹不太可能成功。因此,偏远地区的交通当局应避免投资铁路系统的基础设施。
更新日期:2021-02-02
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