Free shuttle to operate on a fixed route on Treasure Island, site of a former Navy base in San Francisco Bay, making seven stops, connecting residential...
San Francisco has launched an autonomous-shuttle service — less than a week after California regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite traffic and safety concerns.Also read: On the streets of San Francisco, will robotaxis run amok or aground?
“ ‘I thought that it made some abrupt stops, but otherwise I felt like I was riding any other bus, for the most part,’ said a passenger from Oakland. ” The Treasure Island shuttles are operated by Beep, an Orlando, Fla.–based company that has run similar pilot programs in more than a dozen U.S. communities, including service at the Miami Zoo, Mayo Clinic and Yellowstone National Park.
During a test ride Wednesday, the shuttle drove slowly and cautiously in autonomous mode. An attendant manually steered the vehicle around a utility truck that blocked part of the road. The autonomous-shuttle pilot project was launched after the California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow two rival robotaxi companies, Cruise and Waymo, to offer around-the-clock passenger service in San Francisco.
Experts don’t anticipate the same problems with driverless buses because they’re expected to be staffed with drivers or attendants for the foreseeable future.
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