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Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport

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Amid bus route cuts and rail strikes, can the answer to our future public transport needs be found in the hi-tech prototypes being trialled around the UK?

Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport

There’s a quiet transport revolution going on in different corners of the UK, from “the world’s most ambitious and complex autonomous bus system” in Edinburgh, to a minibus network in Milton Keynes that picks you up and drops you off (almost) wherever you want. This long read contains clues to a “small vehicle-small infrastructure” vision of public transport that is likely to be a big part of all our futures.

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Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport

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