ROCHESTER -- Top officials are in Rochester Thursday morning for the official launch of a driverless shuttle service that circles the central Mayo Clinic area of downtown.

Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
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MN-DOT's Mike Dougherty says in Minnesota...

"It's the first driverless shuttle on a city street."

"Med City Mover" is a pilot program to study how the public reacts to a bus with no driver (although there *is* a human attendant in case of emergency) and how it performs under winter driving conditions.

It's already running and Dougherty says there have been no mishaps.

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Some people have complained that the shuttle, which goes about 15 miles an hour, holds up traffic in busy downtown Rochester.

This story is courtesy of the Minnesota News Network.  

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