Humans should drive our transit future, not autonomous vehicles
Just like the pilots in command of a highly automated aircraft, human operators must be onboard all passenger transport vehicles no matter their level of automation. Congress has a chance to affirm this safety standard as it debates an appropriate federal response to the rapid and hasty emergence of largely unregulated autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/02/humans-should-drive-our-transit-future-not-robotic-vehicles/