OPINION ARTICLE


Driverless Cars will Make Union Stations Obsolete



Yair Wiseman1, *
1 Department of Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel


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Abstract

Driverless vehicles having been tested in several locations throughout the world will be an authorized means of transportation soon. These vehicles will unquestionably influence the global transport market trends. One of the notable driverless vehicles influences will be the laying aside of the lion's share of public transportation means, thus there will be no need for union stations anymore. Driverless cars will be able to take passengers from almost anywhere to their destinations without any need of connections; therefore, the concept of a central station to change buses or trains will not be pertinent.

Keywords: Driverless vehicle, Union stations, Transportation means, Global transport, Technology, Operational models.