£3.88m Funding Boost to Expand Self-Driving Bus Trials in Cambridge
Waxman wants licensed drivers aboard any automated bus or trolley over 10,000 pounds as SEPTA weighs safety, regulation and union concerns.
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Could self-driving SEPTA buses be coming to Philly?
Love Philly? So do we. Let’s be friends. Sign up for the Billy Penn newsletter today. Now that Uber Eats delivery robots are crisscrossing Philly streets, could autonomous, self-driving SEPTA buses hit the pavement next? Will we become accustomed to the ghostly swiveling of their steering wheels as they maneuver 20 or 30 tons of vehicle and passengers around potholes, double-parked cars, lumbering trash trucks, and speeding electric scooters? I…
Starting Wednesday, August 12, visitors to Efteling can experience a unique mode of transport. For the first time in Brabant, a self-driving bus is operating on public roads. The free shuttle service connects the regular bus stop on Europalaan with the various accommodations...
For the first time, a large self-driving bus has taken to the public road in Brabant. The bus runs between the regular bus stop on Europalaan and the various Efteling accommodations, such as the Efteling Wonder Hotel, Bosrijk, Loonsche Land, and Villa Pardoes. First-ever passengers The drivers and entrepreneurs behind the project were the very first passengers on Monday. Bus driver Vincent sat in the front for safety, so he could intervene if ne…
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ed.nlA self-driving bus is temporarily operating around Efteling: starting Wednesday, you can hop on for free. The bus was officially presented on Monday afternoon. It is certainly comfortable. Easy, perhaps, yet. For instance, there is still a bus driver on board, and insuring the vehicle is a bit of a shock.
We have been talking about it for years: driving buses and cars without a driver. In Brabant, the time had come on Wednesday, when the self-driving shuttle bus hit the road around the Efteling as a trial run. But how much longer will it be before we in Brabant can sit back completely while our car, taxi, or bus takes us? Alwin Bakker is director of Future Mobily Network, a Movares company, a firm that focuses on smart and self-driving transport,…
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