Tag Archives: self-driving vehicles

Effects of an automated shuttle bus on urban traffic in Tampere, Finland

Posted on September 23, 2024 by nradmin

A master’s thesis conducted at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. has investigated the impact of introducing automated shuttle buses in the current transportation system. The study concentrated on assessing the effects of a connected and automated shuttle bus travelling on a lane...

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Board games help improve self-driving buses

Posted on November 23, 2022 by nradmin

Serious Games are games created primarily for a purpose other than entertainment. The CATAPULT research project uses board games and maps to rethink self-driving vehicles and the future of public transport. The games provide interesting insights, according to the first Swedish test participants...

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Posted in Intelligent Transport Systems, Passenger Transport, Traffic and Traffic Control | Tagged autonomous buses, board games, mobility, passenger transport, self-driving buses, self-driving vehicles | Comments Off

Study of infrastructure support and classification for automated driving on Finnish motorways

Posted on March 16, 2022 by nradmin

Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency set a project to assess the feasibility of Finnish motorway section between Helsinki and Tampere on E12 highway for operation of SAE Level 3-4 automated vehicles, to propose a framework for service level classification for them and to prepare a proposal for...

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Posted in Infrastructure, Intelligent Transport Systems, Traffic and Traffic Control | Tagged automated driving, digitalisation, infrastructure, self-driving vehicles | Comments Off

L3Pilot achieved pan-European testing environment and evaluation of automated driving

Posted on December 9, 2021 by nradmin

The world is in a process of transformation: global warming, resource scarcity, demographic changes, and urbanisation are uncertainties that also influence the automotive industry and challenge it to respond. The transformation would go much further than safe and sustainable travel. It would...

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Automated shuttles tested in regular urban traffic

Posted on September 21, 2021 by nradmin

Unexpected and abrupt stops of the shuttles, other road users dangerously overtaking or not giving way to the shuttles, and crucial technological and software challenges related to road safety were identified. The successful full implementation of automated shuttles in regular traffic will not...

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