A Navya autonomous electric bus at the Centre of Excellence for Testing & Research of Autonomous Vehicles at Nanyang Technology University in Singapore.
Photographer: Nicky Loh/BloombergHyperdrive
Singapore Built a Dedicated Town for Self-Driving Buses
The city-state’s secure test park gathers information about autonomous vehicles.
In the race to deploy driverless public transport, Singapore has built a mini town that could vault it into pole position.
The 2-hectare complex, unveiled in November, has intersections, traffic lights, bus stops and pedestrian crossings, all built to the specifications that Singapore uses for its public roads. There’s a mini hill to check how vehicle sensors perform when they can’t see directly ahead, mock skyscrapers to mimic the radio interference from tall buildings and a rain machine to simulate the island’s frequent tropical downpours.