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Berlin Senate aims to have autonomous shuttles in the city by mid-2027

(dpa/bb) The Berlin Senate wants to have driverless buses operating in the city center. Senator Bonde expressed confidence in achieving this by mid-2027. In Hamburg, the vehicles are expected to be on the road sooner.

The first highly automated, self-driving minibus in Berlin's public road traffic already drove in 2019 on a previously surveyed and learned route in Berlin-Tegel. | Photo: dpa - Christoph Soeder
The first highly automated, self-driving minibus in Berlin's public road traffic already drove in 2019 on a previously surveyed and learned route in Berlin-Tegel. | Photo: dpa - Christoph Soeder
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The Berlin Senate wants to bring autonomous buses into the city center. Transport Senator Ute Bonde (CDU) is confident that this can be achieved by mid-2027, the Senate Administration announced upon request.

"We are in close communication on this topic with Hamburg as well as with the federal government," it continued.

Previously, the "Tagesspiegel" reported. Autonomous driving is one of the transportation projects where Berlin and Hamburg plan to cooperate more closely in the future. In the Hanseatic city, the autonomous buses are expected to be operating in the city center as early as the middle of next year.

In Berlin, there have already been several pilot projects, including on two campus areas of the Berlin Charité. Between 2019 and 2022, driverless minibuses were also on a trial run in Berlin-Tegel. The goal of the Senate Administration is to make autonomous driving legally possible in Berlin as quickly as possible, emphasized the Senate Administration.

Translated automatically from German.
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