S’pore closer to driverless buses

Robot runabout: An EasyMile driverless shuttle operating in NUS. The service, which is free of charge, will not operate when it rains. — The Straits Times/ANN

Singapore: The island state has taken another small step towards an ambition to remove drivers from the bus wheel.

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority and the Economic Development Board, which issued early this year a call for collaboration (CFC) to deploy autonomous buses and shuttles, have received responses from several quarters.