Members of the Transport Workers Union of America, Local 100 have began mobilizing New York City transit riders against a plan to replace train conductors with a computer-controlled subway system. Union representatives argue that conductors are essential to ensuring transit safety. A spokesman for New York City Transit said that their plan to phase in computerized operation of the trains was based on careful study and an extensive safety certification plan.
See "Transit Union Campaigns Against Computer-Run Trains", Sewell Chan, The New York Times, December 1, 2004