Small, electric, autonomous shuttle fleets are picking up speed and popularity, playing an increasingly larger role in public transit around the nation.
A new project in Detroit deploying four autonomous shuttles is modeled as a new transit service, with complete real-time vehicle tracking and stops that connect to the Detroit Department of Transportation bus system.
“The primary focus is, it must feel like transit. It must operate like transit,” said Tim Slusser, chief of mobility innovation for the city of Detroit, discussing The Connect, a new 10.8-mile autonomous vehicle (AV) shuttle service. Now wrapping its first month, the service winds through downtown and neighboring Corktown and operates from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. Technically a pilot, The Connect is set to run for two years — for now.
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