Self-driving buses
Posted: April 4th, 2023, 2:03 pm
Look out Scotland. To quote the BBC's somewhat infelicitous phrase, "autonomous buses will hit the road from May." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-65175447
Well, sort of autonomous. The buses will carry a "safety driver" behind the wheel, plus a conductor "bus captain" to attend to ticketing and customer needs. Okay, that's twice the human crew complement of our local buses, but heck, I suppose you have to start somewhere?
The new buses will only drive on certain designated roads, which I suppose is reassuring. The same was true of the other experimental bus at Inverness, which I assume is still going if it's managed to navigate its way out of the car park by now? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-63158295
Seriously, either it'll work, or it'll kill the bus queue and then all bets will be off. I do hope they make a go of it. But it isn't ready for Bristol yet, and nor is Bristol ready for it.
BJ
Well, sort of autonomous. The buses will carry a "safety driver" behind the wheel, plus a conductor "bus captain" to attend to ticketing and customer needs. Okay, that's twice the human crew complement of our local buses, but heck, I suppose you have to start somewhere?
The new buses will only drive on certain designated roads, which I suppose is reassuring. The same was true of the other experimental bus at Inverness, which I assume is still going if it's managed to navigate its way out of the car park by now? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-63158295
Seriously, either it'll work, or it'll kill the bus queue and then all bets will be off. I do hope they make a go of it. But it isn't ready for Bristol yet, and nor is Bristol ready for it.
BJ