Take a 14-mile trip on an autonomous Scottish bus starting next month
registered autonomous bus operation in the UK. On the 14-mile route the buses will travel up to 50 miles per hour in mixed traffic, and will have the capacity for around 10,000 passenger journeys per week.
The fleet of five Alexander Dennis Enviro200AV buses are being operated as part of the joint CAVForth initiative funded by the UK Government's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, as well as transport biz Stagecoach, bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis, Transport Scotland and others. The approval of the project, which will begin serving passengers on May 15, follows a test run by Stagecoach. Twenty-two passengers were on board during the test run, which traveled the same 14-mile route the full service will operate on next month.
"Our trunk road network can provide a wide range of environments as a diverse testing ground, and the ground-breaking and globally significant Project CAVForth will really help Scotland establish its credentials on the world stage," said Kevin Stewart, the Scottish Minister for Transport. "This is an exciting milestone for this innovative and ambitious project, and I very much look forward to seeing Project CAVForth take to the roads next month," Stewart said.In a 2021 blog post, CAVForth said the Alexander Dennis buses it's deploying on the route are capable of SAE level 4 autonomy, which isLevel 4 autonomy is still in the
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