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Driverless delivery vehicles are set to hit Toronto streets this spring as part of a provincial pilot program.

In a report to the city’s infrastructure and environment committee, Barbara Gray, general manager of transportation services, said the program, run by Magna International Inc., will begin at some point in the second quarter of 2025.

Magna’s driverless, three-wheeled “Last Mile Delivery Device” vehicles will be delivering small packages throughout several west end and downtown wards over time, including all of Ward 9 Davenport, and portions of Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park, Ward 5 York South-Weston, Ward 11 University-Rosedale and Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul’s. The vehicles have received a permit under federal law that allows them to be used in Canada for up to a year.

Each vehicle will have constant human oversight from a “chase vehicle,” Gray said, with a supervisor capable of immediate intervention. Furthermore, a remote human operator can assume control during “complex scenarios.”

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