Moscow authorities have revealed the schedule for the robotization of public transport. According to "Kommersant", at hearings in the Moscow City Duma, representatives of the Department of Transport and "Yandex" announced: in 2026, unmanned taxis will begin commercial operations in Maryino, Yasenevo, and Skolkovo; by 2028, drivers will disappear from cars; and by 2030, two-thirds of city trams and the entire BKL metro line will be controlled by automation.
The unmanned "Lvyonok" tram has already covered 20,000 kilometers in Moscow without accidents. Next, the two-section "Vityaz" will be trained to "drive". In the metro, an automated train with passengers will be launched in 2027. "Yandex" delivery robots have traveled two million kilometers and completed one million orders; the company is ready to increase their number to three thousand as soon as the government adopts the experimental legal regime.
The key document is the law "On Highly Automated Vehicles", which the Ministry of Transport is developing together with the capital's authorities. It is this law that will allow the removal of the safety driver from the cabin. The Department of Transport assured that there would be no mass layoffs: with a shortage of personnel, the disappearance of some professions is compensated by the emergence of others. For the megacity's economy, this is not just a change in rolling stock, but a transition to an unmanned logistics platform where taxis, trams, and the metro operate as a single automaton without human error.
