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Autonomous Driving: The Bus System of the Future Won't Need Bus Drivers

Bus mit "Fahrziel Autonom in die Zukunft" © Jens Büttner​/​dpa
The latest article, “The Bus System of the Future Won’t Need Drivers,” explores the opportunities that autonomous bus systems offer for public transit.

Professor Torsten Bertram offers a realistic assessment of this development:

“Widespread, regular operation of autonomous buses in public transit in North Rhine-Westphalia does not seem realistic until the medium term—that is, in about ten years.”

Article on Welt.de