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Experimental Performance Assessment of an Automated Shuttle in a Complex, Public Road Environment

Future Transportation
Automated, electric shuttles are expected to be key for the future of public transportation, providing a safe, efficient, and robust operation with a minimum carbon footprint.
Rasmus Rettig, Christoph Schöne, Tyll Diebold, Jacqueline Maaß   +3 more
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Situational awareness in autonomous shuttle buses [PDF]

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences
Autonomous shuttle buses provide a promising solution for the last-mile problem in various contexts. The removal of the human driver facilitates round-the-clock operations as well as transportation in locations that might otherwise be unfeasible for ...
Krister Kalda, Kari M. Koskinen, Lill Sarv, Raivo Sell   +3 more
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Service network design for emerging modes in air transport: autonomous airport inter-terminal bus shuttle and air metro

, 2022
Emerging modes of air transport such as autonomous airport shuttle and air taxi are potentially efficient alternatives to current transport practices such as bus and train. This thesis examines bus shuttle service within an airport and air metro as two examples of network design.
Zhao, Runqing ; https://orcid.org/
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Addressing Medical Deserts in Europe: Lessons From a Comparative Analysis. [PDF]

Health Expect
ABSTRACT Background European countries face a common problem of medical deserts—areas where the population has limited access to healthcare services. Objective This article aims to define medical deserts and provide an in‐depth overview of the factors driving desertification and the solutions applied to reduce its negative consequences across six ...
Domagała A, Dubas-Jakóbczyk K, Gonzalez AIG, Likic R, Michalska K, Kowalska-Bobko I, Sowada C, Flinterman L, Dan S, Batenburg R.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Will It Yield : Expectations on Automated Shuttle Bus Interactions With Pedestrians and Bicyclists

, 2023
Autonomous vehicles that operate on public roads need to be predictable to others, including vulnerable road users. In this study, we asked participants to take the perspective of videotaped pedestrians and cyclists crossing paths with an automated ...
Marsja, Erik, Marsja, Erik,, Anund, Anna,, Thellman, Sam, Thellman, Sam,, Ziemke, Tom, Anund, Anna, Ziemke, Tom,   +7 more
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Autonomous buses: Intentions to use, passenger experiences, and suggestions for improvement [PDF]

, 2021
Research on the use of autonomous vehicles as a mode of public transport in a city context is lacking. This paper focuses on the use of recently established autonomous buses (self-driving electric shuttle buses) running along a regular public transport ...
Serrano, Victoria Cobeña, Mouratidis, Kostas, Cobeña Serrano, Victoria, Mouratidis, Konstantinos   +3 more
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Designing Robot Sound-In-Interaction : The Case of Autonomous Public Transport Shuttle Buses

, 2023
Horns and sirens are important tools for communicating on the road, which are still understudied in autonomous vehicles. While HRI has explored different ways in which robots could sound, we focus on the range of actions that a single sound can ...
Jung, Malte F.,, Pelikan, Hannah R. M.,
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PAsCAL WP6 Pilot 3 Autonomous Bus Line with Co-Road Users Video

, 2022
A summary video documenting and introducing the activities of pilot 3 of the PAsCAL real-world pilots. This pilot took place on the campus of the UAM University in Madrid, Spain.
Kühl, Friederike L., Papí, José F., De La Peña, Elena   +2 more
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Traffic & environmental impact assessment under distinct operational speeds for automated shuttle bus services

, 2022
Connected and automated transport systems are expected to be the first to align with their large-scale business cases by enhancing urban transportation activities.
Hillebrand, Joachim, Vlahogianni, Eleni, Oikonomou, Maria, Yannis, George, Katrakazas, Christos, Sekadakis, Marios   +5 more
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KIT Bus: A Shuttle Model for CARLA Simulator

, 2022
With the continuous development of science and technology, self-driving vehicles will surely change the nature of transportation and realize the automotive industry\u27s transformation in the future.
Wang, Shuo, Xiang, Y, Geimer, Marcus, Li, J, Su, T., Li, J., Su, T, Mao, SS, Geimer, M, Mao, S. S., Xiang, Yusheng, Wang, S   +11 more
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