automated vehicles on public roads marieke kassenberg
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Automated vehicles on public roads
Marieke Kassenberg
• On public roads
• No steering wheel
• No brake pedal
• No driver ?
WEpodsA world first
From Railway Station Ede/Wageningen to Wageningen University
At the WUR: Driving on the campus
25 km/h
The WEpod
• Future mobility for everyone• Roadsafety• Boost regional economy
And also:• Spatial planning in cities• Road capacity• Pollution issues
Why do we do this?
Initially:• From and to trainstations and airports • On carparks, (university) campusses and industrial sites
Then developing to:• Small villages
And eventually• In the complex situation of big cities
In the city to complement PT and replace the car
In the countryside to complement the car and replace PT
Where will it happen?
“The right combination of high capacity PT and self driving ride sharing vehicles will lead to 65% less cars in cities” (quote from UITP congress)
The businesscase
• Lower exploitation no driver
• Better punctuality no oversleeping driver
• Increasing road capacity safe tailgating
• Traffic safety health costs
Europe: 500 cars/1000 inhabitants; 51% of low income households have no car.
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Fullautomation
Highautomation
ConditionalAutomation
Partial AutomationAssisted
Non-Automated
Private luxury
Vehicle sharing system
Technology
• Digital map• Localization• Camera’s• Radars• Laser scanners• Ultrasonic sensors• Operator
Technology
• Technical reliability
• Behaviour of other road users
• Behaviour/emotions of passengers
• Behaviour/emotions of residents
• The definition of a driver
• Data and data safety
• Legal issues
• Ethical dilemma’s
• …
Challenges
Planning
25 Februari 2015
Approval by PS
November 2015
Start testing
May 2016
Start transport of passengers
June 2016
End of pilot 1st phase
July 2016
Start 2nd phase
Interreg project?
20??
end 2nd phase
ConsortiumProjectteam
Spring innovation management
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