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schizoidman@lemmy.zipOPto Public Transport@slrpnk.net•Singapore aims to ramp up autonomous vehicle use to boost public transport networkEnglish3·20 days agoThere isn’t anything on removing bus drivers at the moment.
Bus drivers need to be recruited and trained, which can take six months to a year, Mr Siow said. There is also a need to buy buses and build depots and interchanges.
“All of us want… more bus services, more frequent buses. But behind every bus, there are two, two and a half, maybe more bus drivers, and it’s just very difficult to get,” he added.
The authorities had also considered minibus services, but the maths did not work out when a driver was added to the equation, Mr Siow said.
It seems the autonomous bus will be mini buses and routes will change depending on the requirements
deploying smaller-capacity driverless vehicles “fairly extensively” on fixed routes within HDB estates.
These routes can be changed as needed, with self-driving minibuses and shuttles taking people to transport nodes during peak hours, and then places such as polyclinics or community centres during off-peak times.
1,000KW charging is already available to the public
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usUxO7y4z_E