Automated Bus Consortium (ABC), a national organization of agencies dealing with transit and transportation, will be collaborating with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) on the deployment of driverless buses.
Swiftly advancing driverless technologies’, along with the need to reduce congestion and improve mobility options, were the main incentives for the Consortium’s formation. Among its founding members were the city and state transportation and transit agencies of Atlanta, Florida, Los Angeles, Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia, and Rochester, New York.
Transit agencies will initiate pilot project using full-sized, full-speed buses in live-service surroundings. Becoming part of the Consortium reduces the cost to each agency and creates and opportunity to share the lessons and best practices that they discover.
The Consortium will initially buy 75 to 100 automated, full-sized buses and consider potential routes and locations. An infrastructure firm, AECOM, will manage the rollout.
Many members of the public are uneasy with what might appear to them to be abrupt technological changes. To alleviate any apprehensions, municipalities often turn to brochure printing to keep the public appraised of changes they are planning to implement.
A forum will be held in Detroit, Michigan on September 12, at which Consortium members will come together and meet with businesses capable of designing and building automated buses.
A one-year feasibility phase is estimated to start around 2021-2022, with implementation to follow within two years. Individual agencies can determine if they wish to buy more buses.
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