Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport
Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport Scotland’s CAVForth self-driving bus service began in May 2023, serving a 14-mile route that crosses the Forth Road Bridge on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Stagecoachbus.com Stephen Potter , The Open University ; Matthew Cook , The Open University , and Miguel Valdez , The Open University Futurology is littered with predictions that failed to materialise, not least in the field of transport technology. In Edwardian times, when public transport was largely powered by horse or steam, a number of new concepts emerged which were hailed as the “future of public transport”. In 1910, the Brennan Monorail was a gyroscopically stabilised, diesel-powered monorail train that ran on a circular test track at the White City in London. One of the early passengers on this 50-person prototype was then-home secretary Winston Churchill, who insisted on dri