In England and Switzerland came to routes of unmanned buses.
The airport of London and the Swiss city of Sion one of the first in the world acquired unmanned vehicles.
More than two dozen Autonomous shuttles are already doing passenger traffic.
Shuttle Pod Heathrow (“Heathrow Pod”) run between remote Parking London airport and the main terminal. The road from the car Park to the terminal at regular bus that cruised here before, took about 20 minutes. Heathrow Pod transport multiple passengers to the terminal, covering the same distance in just 5 minutes. On a specially equipped track on the route between the business Parking lot and the fifth terminal of the airport operates 21 electric unmanned taxi.
Call Pod using the terminal installed on the Parking lot. Passengers (up to 6 people) only need to click a couple of buttons and in five minutes they would be at the end point of the route.
In London airport shuttles run on a separate road, and the government of the Swiss city went into this issue further and allowed unmanned buses to drive right on public roads, even in the lane for public transport.
The route of unmanned buses running in the historic district of the city of Sion, while in the test mode. The first two electric minibus Arma from French firm Navya, is already out on the route. The car is able to accommodate 15 passengers, but first it was decided to carry not more than nine members and a maximum speed of 45 km/h) to cut up to 20 km/h. Although Arma is fully Autonomous, the cabin is always “safety driver” in case of dangerous situation, he is ready to perform emergency braking, and the rest of the time helping people when boarding/disembarking.
In addition, the Shuttle is controlled remotely and equipped with an alarm button that sends a signal to the control room. Yet travel in Conscom drone – free.
The project, dubbed SmartShuttle aims to prove the possibility of complete replacement of traditional city buses Autonomous carts. Testing will continue until October 2017.
