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Future vision: Will the first driverless buses come to Berlin in 2027?
BVG boss Henrik Falk plans autonomous buses and trains in Berlin until 2027, despite current operating problems. Mobility of the future!
Future vision: Will the first driverless buses come to Berlin in 2027?
In a fascinating turn, public transport in Berlin could soon be revolutionized by autonomous buses and trains. BVG boss Henrik Falk announced that the Berlin Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) together with the Hamburg Hochbahn will work on a pioneering project that aims to admit for self-driving vehicles by 2027. Despite the considerable operational challenges that the company currently has to deal with, the vision of autonomous driving remains firmly anchored, as reports.
Falk emphasized that so far there has been no fully autonomous vehicle in regular road traffic. "It must be possible to get approval in Hamburg and Berlin-so that an autonomous vehicle is safe without a driver," he told the German Press Agency. However, the exact time frame for the implementation is unclear, and Falk admitted that mobility would change fundamentally, but it could not make any exact forecasts as to whether this could be realized in five, ten or only in fifteen years. In the meantime, the BVG is working on the partial automation of its subway lines U3 and U5, in which the trains can automatically brake and accelerate, such as schiene.de emphasizes.
crisis in local transport and goals for the future
The BVG is faced with a operating crisis, especially in the subway operation, where an outdated fleet leads to frequent failures and delays. Falk announced that new vehicles will only arrive in the summer. Despite these challenges, BVG has been reliable in the past few months in operation - a value that the boss wants to increase to 99 percent. "Stability is our top priority, while at the same time we drive the technological development," said Falk.The implementation of autonomous technologies, however, will require a significant conversion of the existing infrastructure, especially in a system that is sometimes more than 100 years old. The BVG remains determined to tackle these challenges and at the same time to achieve the goal of digitization and modern mobility solutions for Berlin for years.
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