3. Automation? Depends on the transport it could be 5 years away (trains/similar) or 20-30 years away (buses/similar). Of course the trains/similar is more of a people issue than technical (;
For trains, automation already happened - in the 80's. London's DLR and Vancouver's skytrain are examples of mostly automated, completely driverless, metro systems - built in the 80's.
Afaik, the Vancouver skytrain still uses the original OS/2 software to run.
Afaik, the Vancouver skytrain still uses the original OS/2 software to run.