Eventually, 15 autonomous buses will serve Shreveport, Louisiana.
Louisiana’s first autonomous public buses are en route: City leaders and transportation officials announced on Aug. 28 that the Shreveport Area Transit System would bring 15 of its new SporTran Evolve buses to Shreveport, Louisiana.
A $1 million federal Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grant made the project possible, writes Brian McCallum for The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate. Sportran will begin building a facility to house and charge the fleet in October.
The city will initially see one bus cycling through different routes. The electric 12-seater is equipped with a 360-degree viewing and will initially have a driver behind the wheel, and remote supervision from a control center.
Read the full story: SporTran unveils Shreveport's new driverless bus, first in Louisiana, rare in the US
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