New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India's first-ever <keyword id="10503331" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="driverless-train-operations">driverless train operations</keyword> on <keyword id="6366797" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-Metro">Delhi Metro</keyword>'s <keyword id="3274610" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Magenta-line">Magenta Line</keyword> along with the fully operational <keyword id="858140" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Common-Mobility-Card">National Common Mobility Card</keyword> service on the <keyword id="6375348" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Airport-Express-Line">Airport Express Line</keyword> via video conferencing. The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, the government has said, adding that after the start of driverless services on the Magenta Line (<keyword id="3902090" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="janakpuri-west-botanical-garden">Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden</keyword>), the <keyword id="3274609" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pink-line">Pink Line</keyword> (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) of Delhi Metro is expected to have driverless operations by mid-2021. The Prime Minister's Office has said that these innovations will herald a new era of travelling comfort and enhanced mobility. The National Common Mobility Card, which will be fully operationalised on the Airport Express Line, will enable anyone carrying a RuPay-Debit Card issued from any part of the country to travel on the route using it. This facility will become available on the entire Delhi Metro network by 2022, the PMO said. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/top-10-most-expensive-natural-disasters-of-2020-in-the-world/slidelist/79986294.cms">Cyclone Amphan was the most expensive cyclone of 2020 and the fourth most expensive natural disaster overall</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/jack-ma-ant-group-asked-to-overhaul-its-business-model-by-china-central-bank/articleshow/79987683.cms">China's central bank wants Jack Ma's Ant Group to overhaul its business model</a>

PM Modi inaugurates India's first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line

<ul><li>Australia’s transport minister Andrew Constance and Premier Galdys Berejiklian inaugurated Sydney’s new fully automated driverless <keyword id="59477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Metro-train">metro train</keyword> service. </li><li>The trains are designed by French company Alstom, and were manufactured in Sricity, Andhra Pradesh, India under the ‘<keyword id="6354869" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="make-in-India">Make in India</keyword>’ initiative. </li></ul>India just manufactured and delivered a fully-automated driverless train---but it will run in Australia! French major Alstom built this train at Sricity facility in Andhra Pradesh, as a part of Make in India initiative. As many as 22 such trains from India, will run as a part of a new metro line in Sydney. Australia’s transport minister Andrew Constance and Premier Galdys Berejiklian inaugurated Sydney’s new fully automated driverless metro train service. The trains were designed in France and assembled in India, with contribution from Alstom’s facilities in Australia, Brazil,China and Belgium, <a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/en/article/2019/05/30/australias-first-fully-automated-driver-less-trains-are-made-india?fbclid=IwAR0_g51qJbr4eYyB0uPV8m8kdWjrYqJtYPX1JS4UwGam57cgcLALUHXd7mQ">according to sources</a>. The Sricity facility has already supplied 22 six-car Metropolis trains to Sydney. It is a <a href="https://1nellore.home.blog/2013/07/12/list-of-indian-international-companies-in-sricity-sez-nellore/">special economic zone</a> which has manufacturing facilities from multinational companies like Cadbury, Pepsico, Kelloggs, Danieli and Isuzu. Metro projects in India In India, very few cities have metros. And only Delhi’s magenta metro line has driverless features. Apart from Delhi, metros run in nine other cities like --- Kolkata, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai, Chennai, Jaipur, Kochi, Hyderabad, and Lucknow. And, not many of them are profitable. E. Sreedharan, India’s Metro Man, <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/free-metro-travel-just-poll-gimmick-says-e-sreedharan/story-zr9UzTi7R2y16IUuXyHxAM.html">highlighted</a> that Delhi metro was under ₹350 billion debt. The state government in the meanwhile had proposed free travel in metro for women.

A driverless metro train made in India will move commuters in Sydney

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/46984972.cms" />The sight of driverless <keyword id="6366797" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Delhi-Metro">Delhi Metro</keyword> trains whizzing past stations, crowded and deserted, is all set to become a reality as upgraded new-generation coaches are being introduced on two upcoming lines as part of its Phase-III of expansion. 
 
Apart from "unattended" trains, the 58-km-long Mukundpur- Shiv Vihar corridor and the 34-km-long Janakpuri (West)- Botanical Garden corridors will also have a new-age signalling system. 
 "The frequency of trains would increase to a much greater level and the gaps between two trains would come down to around 90 seconds due to this Communication-Based Train Control (CTBC) technology," a <keyword id="223032" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Metro-spokesman">Metro spokesman</keyword> said. 
 
An official explained that these trains would be able to accommodate as many as 240 commuters more in six coaches as the cab of the trains is not required in driverless trains. 
 
A total of 68 stations on the upcoming lines would also have Platform Screen Doors for greater safety and to prevent suicide attempts. 
 
"More than 60 per cent work is complete on those lines" an official added. 
 
Asked whether the technology would be implemented on the other upcoming lines of Phase-III, the official said that would not be possible as they are merely extensions of existing lines. 
 
"The technology is being implemented on Line 7 and 8 as the entire lengths of the corridors are being constructed," the official said. 
 The trains would also be "10 per cent" more energy efficient than the operational ones because of improved design features, including more regeneration of energy during braking and energy efficient subsystems such as <keyword id="507100" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="LED-lighting">LED lighting</keyword>.

Delhi Metro to have trains that run without drivers, soon

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5bfe7f8c01b12d2f1e79fece-1777/the-metro-dubai-subway-future 38 of 39.jpg" border="0" alt="the metro dubai subway future (38 of 39)" data-mce-source="Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider" data-link="https://www.instagram.com/harrisonxjacobs" /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/harrisonxjacobs">Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider</a>Dubai's metro is as futuristic as it looks.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/dubai">Dubai</a> has the world's third-largest automated, driverless metro system, a futuristic and highly reliable system that opened in 2009 and continues to be expanded.</li><li>On a recent trip to Dubai, I rode the city's Red Line, the longest fully-automated metro line in the world. It cuts through the center of Dubai, flying past the city's many newly built skyscrapers and landmarks.</li><li>The experience - which included cheap fares, air-conditioned cabins, on-time service, and multiple ticket classes - left me thinking about how far behind US infrastructure has become, when even the country's best metro, the New York subway, is old and struggling to modernize.</li></ul><div data-piano-inline-content-wrapper="">Visiting Dubai can often feel like hopping into a time machine to the future. The city emerges out of the desert seemingly from nowhere, with each gleaming skyscraper, landmark, and new building looking more futuristic than the last.Dubai's decade-old metro system is no different. The bullet-shaped stations lie above ground like golden space pods and the trains race through the center of the city, weaving past skyscraper after skyscraper. It's not just the shape and aesthetic that make the metro futuristic, but the underlying technology as well.All of Dubai's <a href="https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/transport/A-passage-to-future-All-you-need-to-know-about-Dubai-Metro">49-station, 46-mile metro</a> is completely automated and driverless, making it the third-largest such system in the world, after systems in Singapore and Vancouver. The city's Red Line, which runs like an artery through the heart of Dubai, is still the <a href="http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-driverless-metro-line">longest single driverless metro line</a> in the world. And it's getting larger. The city is <a href="http://www.dubaimetro.eu/route-2020/">currently constructing a third line </a>- called Route 2020 - that will connect the southwestern Dubai with the site of the World Expo, which Dubai is hosting in 2020. The city is also<a href="https://www.meed.com/exclusive-dubai-sets-july-deadline-metro-bids/"> constructing extensions</a> to the existing Red and Green lines.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-bullet-train-speed-map-photos-tour-2018-5">I rode China's superfast bullet train that could go from New York to Chicago in 4.5 hours - and it blew me away</a>The practical result is that the automated metro has quickly turned local <keyword id="6354692" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Travel">travel</keyword> - previously a battle through traffic-choked highways in a car-reliant city - into a seamless, fast, and incredibly reliable travel experience. So long as you are traveling within the city, it's far more convenient than driving, as I found on a recent trip to Dubai.While Dubai is far from the only city with a fully automated metro, most of the other similar systems lie in Asia and Europe. In the US, automated trains are currently limited to airports and a few very limited lines in Miami, Detroit, and West Virginia. The best of the US's metro systems is likely still the New York City subway, but even <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-subway-37-billion-plan-for-repair-unveiled-2018-5">that system is crumbling</a>.Traveling on Dubai's metro is an entirely different experience, as I learned when I recently rode the Red Line to downtown:</div>

Dubai has the world's largest, completely automated, driverless metro line - and it shows how far behind the US really is

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Transportation and logistics industries are relying on 5G to create new products and offerings. </li><li>Driverless car company Halo.Car and UK courier service Yodel join a growing list of companies pegging key offerings to 5G networks.</li></ul>Startups and established companies alike are betting on the fast connectivity and low latency offered by fifth-generation mobile networks to transform transport and logistics. 5G enables transport operators to deliver new mobile capabilities to enrich the experience of both drivers and passengers. At the enterprise level, the technology is helping firms streamline their operations. Samsung, for example, has plans to expand 5G internet to the daily commute. The firm is currently testing how well the technology will work underground and in rural areas. The South Korean technology giant installed its 5G solutions across the metro network in Seoul in 2021, finalizing the project this year to "deliver seamless connectivity to passengers whether they are underground or on the ground," Joe Walsh, director of B2B at Samsung UK &amp; Ireland, said.With 5G technology, subway commuters benefit from improved download speeds and internet connectivity. Walsh says this redefined mobile experience means passengers can stream TV shows and movies and make video calls while traveling underground. He adds that the company's 5G mmWave technology, designed to transmit large volumes of data with high speed and precision, is being tested to work more accurately in densely populated areas and open venues such as shopping malls and sports stadiums. <h3>Making life easier for drivers</h3>5G has become a crucial part of the transport and logistics industries. Daniel Lloyd, a UK-based delivery driver at courier firm Yodel, relies on 5G to navigate different routes and deliver parcels to customers on time.The company was early to adopt 5G-enabled phones for couriers, which Lloyd said is "the lynchpin between me, the customer, and their delivery."Lloyd joined Yodel in 2012 and has since become an avid user of the company's driver app. Introduced in 2019, the two-way app helps drivers learn their route, upload photos to prove that they've delivered a parcel, and access remote training materials. The app also lets customers track packages from dispatch to delivery. Yodel claims that its software — combined with 5G connectivity — has helped drivers like Lloyd increase productivity by up to an hour each shift. "Knowing that I can do all of this at speed and with no connectivity blackouts, thanks to 5G, means that there is less waiting around, and I can move on to the next delivery almost as soon as I drop a parcel off," Lloyd said. "With accurate route planning as well, 5G has been a game-changer for delivery drivers."Yodel says the app has helped it recruit new drivers and get them on the road in "record time." In 2020 alone, Yodel onboarded 2,000 new drivers and delivered remote training to more than 1,000 people via its driver app. While 5G has supplemented Yodel's logistics operations, other companies' business models rely entirely on it. Halo.Car, a Las Vegas-based company that offers remotely-piloted electric car-sharing service, uses video navigation and sensor data powered by T-Mobile 5G mobile networks to deliver cars to customers without a driver. Antonella Siracusa-Rosa, a remote pilot at Halo.Car, delivers cars to customers remotely using this technology. "Uber and Lyft also depend on mobile networks to connect to customers. Halo.Car takes it to another level," Siracusa-Rosa said. "When a customer calls a car, I drive to them, but instead of being inside the car, I'm driving remotely from a nearby office," she explained. "When I get to the customer, they get in the driver's seat. It's a rental, rather than a taxi."Siracusa-Rosa added that Halo.Car feels like the future of driving as a job. "I do more deliveries per day because I 'get out' when the customer gets in and just switch to another car for the next delivery," Siracusa-Rosa said. "I joke that my job is driving cars on the internet." This novel approach to car rentals is aimed at people who don't want to visit a physical garage. "I'm used to being able to get things delivered to me, especially with the pandemic taking everything contactless. But for a car rental, I still had to go to the car or shop and get back home. It's a hassle," Garo Atamian, a Halo.Car customer, said. "Halo.Car delivering the car rather than me having to travel to it is so much easier."<h3>Unlocking new opportunities in the transport sector</h3>Curb Mobility, which provides on-demand taxis across the US, is another transportation company that views 5G connectivity as a prerequisite to its success. Vishal Dhawan, chief product and technology officer at Curb Mobility, explains that 5G helps the company process large amounts of data across an extensive network of vehicles and mobile apps while enabling real-time features. "5G provides unprecedented reliability and low latency to seamlessly track real-time positions from vehicles on a sub-second basis to deliver richer mapping experiences like turn-by-turn navigation and vehicle position tracking," he said.Heightened speed also allows the company to send more information over the network and operate cloud services, enabling "more complex algorithms based on multi-dimensional data sets."The network is giving companies a competitive edge and paving the way for a new generation of products. Jacqueline Davidson, program director at Aerospace Xelerated and principal of global accelerators and innovation programs at Boeing, takes the view that 5G adoption will result in new innovations across the industry.One of the biggest impacts of this technology will be greater autonomy for transport and logistics companies. "I see this opportunity by providing more accurate real-time data making it easier for assets to communicate with one another or even the infrastructure around them," Davidson said. "We will see an increase in all forms of autonomy (from transportation, individual tasks, to even new industries being created) because of the scalability and flexibility of 5G solutions."Although 5G offers massive potential for transport and logistics firms, Davidson urges companies to continue testing other products, services, and solutions as 5G evolves."Only through ample data, testing, and observability will consumers begin to adopt autonomy into their day-to-day," Davidson said. She added that 5G might not be "the ultimate solution" for now, but it will "undoubtedly open up opportunities" in even more ways as research and implementations progress.

Transportation and logistics companies are betting their business models on 5G amid cost, infrastructure, and adoption challenges

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Google self-driving spinoff <keyword id="11948242" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="waymo" source="Orion">Waymo</keyword> is now offering robotaxi rides to the public in San Francisco. </li><li>Waymo's Trusted Tester program will let residents hail a ride in an all-electric Jaguar vehicle.</li><li>All of the rides will still have a back-up driver onboard to take the wheel in case of emergencies. </li></ul>San Francisco residents are now able to hail a ride in a self-driving taxi. Waymo <a href="https://blog.waymo.com/2021/08/welcoming-our-first-riders-in-san.html">launched its Trusted Tester program</a> on Tuesday, allowing San Franciscans to get to their destinations in an all-electric, self-driving Jaguar I-PACE vehicle. The SUVs are equipped with the fifth generation of Waymo's <keyword id="11948244" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="autonomous-driving" source="Orion">autonomous driving</keyword> technology, called Waymo Driver."Through the Trusted Tester program, we'll help San Francisco residents expand their mobility options while complementing the city's robust public transportation infrastructure," the company said in a press release announcing the program. "We can't wait to hear from more San Franciscans as they experience the Waymo Driver themselves."The company has been testing self-driving technology in San Francisco for more than a decade, but this is the first time it will offer such rides to the public there. Residents can book rides through the Waymo One app. Waymo, which began as Google's self-driving car project, says people in San Francisco can hail the taxis "for their everyday needs anywhere they want to go in our initial service area." All of the <keyword id="11948245" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="robotaxis" source="Orion">robotaxis</keyword> will still have a trained back-up driver onboard to take over driving in case of emergencies. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-leaders-via-waymos-self-driving-trucking-arm-2021-5">3 execs leading the startup born of Google's self-driving car project reveal their plan to attack the $800 billion trucking business</a>Waymo began the Trusted Tester program last week with a few people. The current expansion will stretch to include all locals who are interested, starting with a smaller group first and branching out to more riders in the coming weeks. In exchange for the rides, which are free, users will give feedback on the Waymo One app, pick-up, drop-off, and the ride in between. Waymo added that rides in wheelchair-accessible vehicles are also available in the program. This isn't the first time <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/waymo-daimler-partner-to-make-self-driving-trucks-2020-10">Waymo</a> has offered robotaxi rides to the public. The company <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/waymo-self-driving-uber-competitor-arizona-2017-11">started offering autonomous rides in the Phoenix metro area</a> in 2017. This ride-hailing service <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/waymo-is-going-fully-driverless-with-its-service-in-phoenix-2020-10">went fully driverless in Phoenix</a> last year, when Waymo took human safety drivers out of vehicles running in the area. Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-self-driving-taxi-go-rogue-blocking-traffic-escaping-capture-2021-5">one of these rides went awry</a> and blocked traffic. At the time, the company said, "Our team has already assessed the event and improved our operational process."

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