It is the first publicly-funded autonomous electric shuttle transportation pilot and test of driverless technology in Virginia.
The collaborative agreement is intended to significantly expand the number of AV shuttles on both public and private roads, enabling the company's to bring autonomous solutions to more people.
The expanded service came in response to a project called the “Last Mile” initiated by the City and Western Extrusions, a private sector major employer.
The Masabi report uncovered that only 500 of the 2,500 people surveyed have access to public transit and could provide responses.
The uncertainties created by coronavirus crisis, the authors maintain, have made it more important than ever for agencies to explore the potential of partnerships.
With FlixBus continuing to grow, competition amongst the big three continues to increase, while operations are partnering to solve the first-, last-mile issues by leveraging technology.
72% of U.S. adults would feel safer riding in a self-driving car if they had the ability to take over control if something goes wrong.
The key to unlocking this potential lies largely in vertiports, landing hubs that integrate the aerial network
Go360 uses all electric vehicles in a first- and last-mile pooled model to provide consumers a better and faster way to travel.
The pilot program, using an autonomous shuttle, will capture ridership adoption behaviors and patterns to determine what solutions are best.