Personalised Public Transport

WMMNA points to a system of driverless buses that will take you to your door which may be seen on the streets on London town by 2007. Personalised Public Transport (PPT) offers driverless buses able to accommodate a maximum of 24 people – but for an
extra fee could also be ordered for exclusive use. The vehicles would
cruise the streets like cabs taxis and summoned by a mobile phone
message.

The buses would follow magnetic markers in the road and would avoid
other vehicles and pedestrians by using obstacle detection and
collision avoidance systems. The electrically propelled vehicles would
operate at a maximum of 25mph on residential streets but accelerate to
45mph on special lanes along major roads.

The Times Article
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