Regular
It would appear that layers of some bus companies’ management still work on the assumption that their colleagues will rob them blind given half a chance
COMMENT
A driverless bus on demonstration in Gothenburg. The technology is coming, but driving staff are likely to be required for years and probably decades to come.
ROBERT MISSEN
There is seemingly no end to the pace at which bus industry technology is advancing. Electric buses are poised to take to the roads of Harrogate, opportunity-charged range-extending hybrid double-deckers have reached London and Stagecoach has confirmed that it will take delivery of the first full-size driverless bus in the UK — for offroad trials — by the end of the year.
