Driverless taxi could help ease traffic congestion...

摘要

We all know the statistics: the average traffic speed in London is the same now as it was when everyone rode about on horses. Martin Lowson, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Bristol University, has a solution, which he claims will take passengers where they want, when they want, without damaging the environment or causing congestion. Lowson and his colleagues at the University's Advanced Transport Group have just been handed a £75,000 award from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts to develop Ultra (short for Urban Light Transport), a driverless automatic taxi system which runs on its own guideway network.