Driverless Bus System Showcases Future of Public Transit - this May, not some distant future

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Driverless Bus System Showcases Future of Public Transit - this May, not some distant future

As technology companies and automakers race to put a driverless car on the road, they might want to take a look at a small experiment being conducted in the Netherlands. WEpods, an abbreviation of Wageningen and Ede, two towns in the south-central province of Gelderland, will soon play host to a driverless bus system, ferrying dignitaries and visitors to a local university via six-passenger vehicles that look a bit like enclosed, oversized golf carts. Unlike similar autonomous transport systems currently in use, such as the Rotterdam Rivium bus or Heathrow airport shuttles, these electrically powered vehicles won’t run on dedicated tracks, instead rolling on the same roadways used by human drivers.
http://www.curbed.com/2016/3/17/11253500/driverless-car-autonomous-vehicle-wepod-bus

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