There will be a safety driver behind the at all times. Unauthorized access of other vehicles, it does happen from time to time. We're expecting that animals, you know, may intrude on the service guideway. But we 're very careful to not try and bite off too much, because what we are doing is truly the first of its kind in north america at least.
Transit advocates have made autonomous vehicles something of a boogeyman lately, framing the emerging technology as a way to perpetuate the car's mobility monopoly and starve public transit of funding. In reality, transit is one of the most compelling applications and automation is a huge opportunity to dramatically improve public transit. To help explain this opportunity, Nathaniel Horadam of the Center for Transportation and the Environment joins the show to discuss a light-rail style automated bus rapid transit project he's been working on, and the automated transit opportunity more broadly.