Who would have thought that the future would come to Tegel! Tegel has barely lost its airport - and pronto - something new is coming in terms of mobility. “We don't let anyone drive - BVG”. This slogan on the side of the vehicle fits perfectly for the traffic experiment “See-Meile”.
Because here you drive with a driverless shuttle bus on behalf of the BVG through the center of Alt-Tegel. There are now two buses. At a leisurely pace of a maximum of 15 km / h they chug with up to six people through the residential area and Tempo 30 zones, drive over intersections and roundabouts. The response from users and residents has been positive and if the study is successful, it will certainly bring us even more of it. But the design of the “Shuttle of tomorrow” can be refactored, currently it looks like a mixture of an large Lego duplo bus and a yellow street sweeper. And you don't really know where is back and front. And nobody knows why you need a hyphen in “See-Meile”. But the intelligent miracle of the future is always impressive. grad60 is an amusing description of why leaves and ravens are the greatest enemy of technology. Fortunately, there is a bus attendant who intervenes from time to time by remote control.
Incidentally, in 2021 the ride is still free, but the operation is not continuous, so inform yourself in advance. And before and after you can stroll by the water or feast on ice cream in the pedestrian zone. Or just “don't let anyone drive” again.
The photos were kindly provided by Thomas and Martin from grad60.com.
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