Autonomous Bus Pilot Project Testing and Demonstration using Light Rail Transit Track

The rapidly aging society of Japan requires a quality transportation system that provides new mobility services combining innovative technologies to include all residents. The present study carries out a pilot test of the world’s first connected public transport system between autonomous buses (AB) and the light rail transit (LRT). In this system, telecommunication between two modes enabled the bus to fully self-drive and pull in precisely at an LRT stop. Reporting a result of the pilot test in Hiroshima, this paper analyzes (a) the feasibility of the system based on a monitor survey and (b) public acceptance based on a resident survey of local residents.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s13177-021-00264-3
• Record URL:
  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13177-021-00264-3
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • ©Akimasa Fujiwara et al, 2022.
• Authors:
  • Fujiwara, Akimasa
  • 0000-0002-3354-0631
  • Chikaraishi, Makoto
  • Khan, Diana
  • Ogawa, Atsufumi
  • Suda, Yoshihiro
  • Yamasaki, Toshikazu
  • Nishino, Takaharu
  • Namba, Shutaro
• Publication Date: 2022-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 359-378
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Springer Publishing
  • ISSN: 1348-8503
  • EISSN: 1868-8659
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/13177

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceptance; Autonomous vehicles; Bus stops; Bus transportation; Pilot studies; Railroad tracks; Social factors
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01852013
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 2022 11:30AM