Futurology

After years of being "almost there" 2023 seems the year self-driving robot vehicles have finally come of age. In several cities in the US & China, people can hail self-driving taxis within city limits. It surprises me that fixed route buses, like the model talked about here, aren't taking off faster. In many ways they are simpler than self-driving taxis, needing only level 4 self-driving. They are also an incredibly obvious solution to help reduce fossil fuels. A self-driving bus network with buses stopping every 5 minutes that served a city's busiest 100 locations would make many people ditch car journeys.