NOVO-OGAREVO, March 31. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin urged to use modern digital platform solutions in the transport segment to reduce costs and improve services.
The Russian leader gives a start to the robotic trucks traffic over the M-12 route linking Moscow and Kazan. TASS gathered main statements of the Russian leader during opening of transport facilities in the video communication format.
Driverless truck will start moving along the M-12 Vostok highway today. A single corridor of driverless freight traffic will now connect St. Petersburg and Kazan.
The experiment with the use of robotic trucks will also cover other federal highways. "Over time, the geography of application of such smart transport will be extended to other major federal routes," the head of state said.
Modern digital platform solutions should be used for transport. "Development of the transport system should be on the basis of advanced technologies with the use of modern platform and digital solutions," Putin said.
