There are four autonomous vehicle use cases transit agencies can plan for right now and some are already being used successfully around the nation.
With the German Aerospace Center and the TU Berlin, Alstom is developing technical solutions to gradually digitize rail passenger transport in Germany.
In this role, West will work across marketing, product management, and experience design to extend Beep’s market presence in autonomous transit.
U.K.’s first full-sized autonomous buses will be introduced in Scotland for the first time, ultimately providing a service capable of carrying up to 36 passengers over 14 miles, with a capacity for over 10,000 passengers a week.
The companies aim to reinforce how the Level 4 and 5 AV technologies are coming to life through real-world autonomous shuttle service.
While much of society is still grappling with the realities surrounding real-world autonomous implementations, various transit authorities and mobility-as-a-service pioneer, Beep, have been bringing concept into reality across the country.
The new autonomous driving pilot will be tested in Hervanta suburb in Tampere, Finland, and it will be part of public transportation service in the city in 2022.
The goal of the partnership is to develop sensing and navigation capabilities that can be deployed in semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles in urban and mainline rail environments.
While our society is by and large still assessing the viability of this technology, how to apply it safely and where it might have the most impact, there is little doubt AVs will play a significant role in the future.
The Regio 2N regional train will be used over the next two years as a prototype that will be tested on the track between Aulnoye and Busigny.
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