2024-05-08T21:42:32-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/138594315/milton-keynes-invests-in-driverless-cars-over-public-transit-infrastructure Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-10-10T05:03:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/04/04304869f26d47075ec3e45b54c13b68?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Milton Keynes is currently the host city for a set of driverless car trials funded indirectly by the U.K. government &mdash; the most ambitious testing yet staged in the world. If all goes as planned, by 2018, Milton Keynes&rsquo; downtown will be served by an on-demand, publicly run system of 30 to 40 driverless two-seater pod cars, which will allow residents to travel between any two points in the city&rsquo;s downtown without navigating or reacting to obstacles themselves.</p></em><br /><br /><p>For a glimpse of the LUTZ Pathfinder autonomous vehicles in action, check out the video below:</p><p></p>