I talked to one of the higher ups at the VBZ which is the transport company of the city of Zürich Switzerland.
They do not see it happening anytime soon not even for light rails (trams). The primary issue is during busy hours the driver has to take calculated risks or they would not get anywhere. People will just block you. You cannot get an AI to do that or convince the public that they may be run over by an AI. How aggressive so you set the AI? Where do you draw the line?
What they do see is having AIs assist drivers where it will do emergency breaking or hint at dangerous/inattentive people some of which they already have in the new trams but they can switch it off of they need too.
They do not see it happening anytime soon not even for light rails (trams). The primary issue is during busy hours the driver has to take calculated risks or they would not get anywhere. People will just block you. You cannot get an AI to do that or convince the public that they may be run over by an AI. How aggressive so you set the AI? Where do you draw the line?
What they do see is having AIs assist drivers where it will do emergency breaking or hint at dangerous/inattentive people some of which they already have in the new trams but they can switch it off of they need too.