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AUTONOMOUS & CONNECTED MOBILITY
A RENDERING
of the
proposed
Brooklyn
Station where
autonomous
vehicles
will pick up
passengers.
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Transforming its Skyway
In 2017, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority
began work on the development of the Ultimate
Circulator Program: U2C. In the spring of 2018,
JTA unveiled the EasyMile EZ10 Gen-2 test vehicle
available for the public to ride during events.
Testing will look at the feasibility of implementing
autonomous transit into the existing Skyway
and planned routes along the riverfront.
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Preparing for Autonomous: Long-Term Outcomes
The Canadian Urban Transit
Research and Innovation
Consortium National Smart
Vehicle Demonstration
Project aims to improve
mobility options by driving
innovation in autonomous
vehicle and connected vehicle
technologies. The goal of
the project is to demonstrate
the ability of Canadian transit
agencies and municipalities
to integrate small- and
medium-sized vehicles
as replacements to large
buses and/or as additions to
non-mobile communities
or routes that do not lend
themselves to full-sized
transit services today.
The project will focus on
the standardization of
communications tools and
cybersecurity protocols on
dedicated and mixed-traffic
lanes. It will also explore
technologies allied to smart
city infrastructure for trial
corridors, vehicle operation,
services and personnel
requirements, and energy and
resource management for
electrified, smart vehicles.
Many autonomous shuttle
trials are pilots or shortterm
projects but this
demonstration project
is about large-scale
interoperability deployment.
The various autonomous
electric shuttle manufacturers
all use different charging
infrastructure and different
vehicle communication.
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