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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