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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV
Autonomous buses will be a gamechanger for urban areas, if they ever appear (and they should be an easier problem then fully autonomous vehicles, since they have approximately fixed routes).
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Think about how relatively easy driverless streetcars/street-running light rail would be as compared to driverless buses. Plus, they're much more energy-efficient than buses and less maintenance over time.
Unfortunately, a driverless streetcar, let alone a driverless bus, is a much less interesting prospect in the public's mind.