{"id":31117,"date":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-plan-to-bring-driverless-sky-trains-to-adelaide\/"},"modified":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","slug":"the-plan-to-bring-driverless-sky-trains-to-adelaide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/the-plan-to-bring-driverless-sky-trains-to-adelaide\/","title":{"rendered":"Unveiled &#8211; the plan to bring driverless sky trains to Adelaide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Image | Rod Hook<\/h6>\n<h3>Former SA transport chief Rod Hook says it\u2019s time Australians embraced new technology as he spruiks his $13m driverless SkyWay plan for Flinders University.<\/h3>\n<p>On Wednesday Mr Hook unveiled a plan to build a 500m track 5.5 metres in the air at the Flinders campus to showcase the SkyWay technology.<\/p>\n<p>The train cars are driverless and can travel up to 100km\/h in urban areas and 500km\/h on longer journeys.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"652\" width=\"927\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-05-18_at_1.16.58_pm.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image | SkyWay<\/h6>\n<p>\u201cI think sooner or later Australia has to embrace new technology in rail,\u201d Mr Hook told David and Will on FIVEAA breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is new technology now available, this being one of them, that does have driverless modules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are modern and you can actually build them these days where they don\u2019t require corridors across farmland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr if you\u2019re in the city, you don\u2019t have to take out traffic lanes because you can go over the top.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO ROD HOOK HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/264636829&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr Hook said the Flinders track was subject to funding, which he is travelling the world to try and secure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be heading over to Belarus and meeting a number of investors who are showing interest in the next few weeks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/adelaide-crows-aren-t-training-hard-enough-says-graham-cornes\">GRAHAM CORNES HAS FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE CROWS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/premier-jay-weatherill-admits-we-ve-got-to-do-better-on-burst-water-mains\">WE\u2019VE GOT TO DO BETTER, ADMITS PREMIER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image | Rod Hook Former SA transport chief Rod Hook says it\u2019s time Australians embraced new technology as he spruiks his $13m driverless SkyWay plan for Flinders University. 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