Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport
Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport
Amid bus route cuts and rail strikes, can the answer to our future public transport needs be found in the hi-tech prototypes being trialled around the UK?
There’s a quiet transport revolution going on in different corners of the UK, from “the world’s most ambitious and complex autonomous bus system” in Edinburgh, to a minibus network in Milton Keynes that picks you up and drops you off (almost) wherever you want. This long read contains clues to a “small vehicle-small infrastructure” vision of public transport that is likely to be a big part of all our futures.
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I'll believe it when I see it, we still can't get trains right
This, for me, is the crux. We need to sort out what we've got first, 'cos what we've got is crap