5 cities, in which the streets are already drive buses without drivers
A Life Technologies / / December 19, 2019
The future, of course, for a fully automated public transport, driving without human assistance. And this future is not as far away as you think. In this article we will talk about the five cities, which already go or pass the last test buses that do not need a driver anymore.
I want to warn readers of the first lines that the current state of the unmanned vehicle is not yet completely resembles the ideal image of science fiction novels. Yes, robotic buses travel comparatively slowly, and trust them until only the most basic routes. But their very appearance - a very important step towards a fully automated passenger and freight traffic, which I am sure, will soon become everyday reality of our lives.
Lausanne, Switzerland
Since June this year, six buses EZ10, developed under the project EasyMileWe began regular traffic route of about 2.5 km in length. It is designed for the transportation of students and teachers from the nearest Metro station to the different buildings of the local university. Pre within six months of trial operation was performed, during which it was not a single traffic incident.
Trikala, Greece
This tiny town in northern Greece with a population of about 80 thousand people became the first place where in the real world began to be used the French system of public transport CityMobil2. Ten-buses, driven by electricity, transport passengers on the most ordinary city streets, filled with cars, cyclists and pedestrians.
Zhengzhou, China
The Chinese company Yutong carries out final tests of unmanned buses that will ply between the two cities on a route length of more than 30 kilometers. So far, the work of artificial intelligence looks ordinary driver, but very soon the carriage will be produced in a fully automatic mode.
Wageningen, The Netherlands
WEpods - a modified version of EZ10, mentioned just above. He has worked in the small Dutch town on the route, which is interesting in that it consists entirely of ordinary public roads. Previously, a specially created infrastructure is used mainly for unmanned vehicles, excluding complex interchanges and unexpected traffic situations.
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom (2018)
British authorities are preparing to implement an ambitious project that completely overturn the existing public transport system. To test it, they chose the small town of Milton Keynes, which is planned to be equipped with 40 double avtomobilchik unmanned, ready to take any resident anywhere in the city. At full capacity, the system should work in 2018.
Do you believe in the bright future of unmanned public transport? Or you think that the drivers behind the wheel still can not worry about the work?