Singapore may be the first in the world to test driverless vehicles, says director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's SENSEable City Lab, Professor Carlo Ratti.
According to this Channel NewsAsia report, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) has revealed two possible locations for testing self-driving buggies: Jurong Lake and Sentosa island.
The latter, which was proposed to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was announced at the World Cities Summit forum on June 3, while LTA says Jurong Lake may commence trial runs at the end of the year.
"The good thing about driverless cars is you don't have a driver who may be tired, who is falling asleep, drunk, so potentially we have a great opportunity to make our cars and our roads much safer," said Professor Ratti.
The LTA also raised the possibility of having driverless buses in the future. Deputy Chief Executive of the LTA Mr. Chua Chong Kheng was reported to have said the development will remove major risks in terms of the heavy reliance of manpower. "Going forward, (it could be a) future mode of transport, maybe in a new town that is designed right from the beginning to facilitate fewer cars that can be used in the form of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, to bring people (about) within the town," he explained.
Other ideas shared in the forum were road-rage sensors in cars and a fleet management system in the city for car sharing.
Check out this video on the characteristics of a driverless buggy:
Photo: Example of a driverless buggy; Nanyang Technological University
Read Also: Driverless car to feature at first Science Street Fair
Singapore may be the first in the world to test driverless vehicles, says director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's SENSEable City Lab, Professor Carlo Ratti.
According to this Channel NewsAsia report, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) has revealed two possible locations for testing self-driving buggies: Jurong Lake and Sentosa island.
The latter, which was proposed to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was announced at the World Cities Summit forum on June 3, while LTA says Jurong Lake may commence trial runs at the end of the year.
"The good thing about driverless cars is you don't have a driver who may be tired, who is falling asleep, drunk, so potentially we have a great opportunity to make our cars and our roads much safer," said Professor Ratti.
The LTA also raised the possibility of having driverless buses in the future. Deputy Chief Executive of the LTA Mr. Chua Chong Kheng was reported to have said the development will remove major risks in terms of the heavy reliance of manpower. "Going forward, (it could be a) future mode of transport, maybe in a new town that is designed right from the beginning to facilitate fewer cars that can be used in the form of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, to bring people (about) within the town," he explained.
Other ideas shared in the forum were road-rage sensors in cars and a fleet management system in the city for car sharing.
Check out this video on the characteristics of a driverless buggy:
Photo: Example of a driverless buggy; Nanyang Technological University
Read Also: Driverless car to feature at first Science Street Fair