Focus Taiwan
Date: 08/13/2020
By: Yang Sz-reui, intern Ceng Shou Yi and Kay Liu

Taipei, Aug. 13 (CNA) Tainan City has started a three-month trial run of an autonomous bus service, with the goal of launching the first commercial operation in the country in 2021, according to the local government.

The driverless technology will bring revolutionary changes to urban transportation, including improved road safety, Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) said at the launch of the trial program on Aug. 9.

During the ceremony, Huang thanked the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and the National Development Council for supporting the program, which has positioned Tainan to become the country's first municipality to offer commercial autonomous bus services.

According to Tainan City Bureau of Transportation Director-General Wang Ming-te (王銘德), the trial service will operate on two routes for the next three months.    [FULL  STORY]