Cap Metro shuttles could hint at Austin’s transit future
The future, or at least one possible squatty version of it, arrives on a downtown Austin street Monday. Capital Metro and a private company will begin two weeks of testing of driverless electric shuttles on a 1.1-mile route. The podlike vehicles, sort of a cross between a VW bug and a small bus, will run both directions on Third Street, between Trinity and West streets, officials said.