DRIVERLESS: Autonomous vehicles are a solution to a shortage of nighttime bus drivers, officials said, with tests being conducted on Xinyi’s dedicated bus lanes
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 28, 2020
By: Tsai Ya-hua and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Taipei Department of Transportation yesterday announced that it would start road tests for
Autonomous buses are pictured in an undated photograph.
Photo courtesy of the Taipei Department of Transportation
The city government is looking to automated buses as a solution to the shortage of nighttime public vehicle drivers, officials from the transportation and information technology departments told a news conference.
Following the signing of a letter of intent between the city government and Turing Drive Co last year, the company submitted to the Ministry of Economic Affairs its “trial project for uncrewed vehicles with innovative technology.” [FULL STORY]
