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"I've been very obsessive about writing science fiction for far too many years. Anyone with an ounce of sense would have given up years ago."
- Charles Stross

Robot Bus  
  An autonomous vehicle to transport groups of people.  

Buses without drivers moved close to the curb and stopped at intervals. The lamp posts gave a different sort of light...

He hopped one of the robot buses when it stopped and wanted a cigarette. He was inactive for the first time since his escape, but his nerves weren’t.

Nobody in the bus was smoking. He hadn’t seen anybody smoking.

Technovelgy from The Little Things, by Henry Kuttner.
Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1946
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Compare to the automatobus from Sally (1953) by Isaac Asimov and robotic conductor from Paycheck (1953) by Philip K. Dick.

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  - Seoul Self-Driving 42dot Bus Unveiled
  - CAVForth Autonomous Bus Of Scotland

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