An autonomous bus will carry us to the Gdansk Zoo in Septemeber
by Magdalena Szymańska, inspektor, Wydział Gospodarki Komunalnej The tender for the presentation of an autonomous bus on the show route in Gdańsk was resolved. In the tender, announced as part of the Sohjoa Baltic project, one bid was submitted by Easymille, which met the requirements of the tender. The city decided to accept the offer […]
Robottibussi vie uimarannalle Helsingin Vuosaaressa
Helsingin katukuvaan ilmestyy tänä kesänä kaksi robottibussilinjaa. Kalasatamassa 26R on ajellut jo toukokuusta. Nyt on Aurinkolahden reitin 90R vuoro aueta yleisölle. Metropolia ammattikorkeakoulun, Forum Virium Helsingin ja muiden yhteistyökumppaneiden Sohjoa Baltic -hankkeen bussin reitti kulkee Vuosaaren metroaseman liepeiltä Aurinkolahden rannalle ja takaisin. Kokeilu kestää syyskuun loppuun. Robottibussit tulossa HSL:n reittioppaaseen Molemmilla reiteillä ajetaan muun liikenteen […]
Helsingin pilottimme käynnistymässä
Tiedotus Aurinkolahden alueen asukkaille ja toimijoille Helsingin Aurinkolahdessa testataan itsestään ajavaa robottibussia muun liikenteen seassa osana joukkoliikennettä tänä vuonna kesäkuulta syyskuun loppuun. Robottibussin reitti kulkee kauppakeskus Columbukselta, Cirruksen tuntumasta (Iiluodontie) Aurinkolahden rannalle. Robottibussille pitää opettaa reitti ohjelmointivaiheessa. Tämä työ on alkanut 6.6.2019. Helsinki pyrkii hiilineutraaliksi kaupungiksi vuoteen 2035 mennessä. Muutoksen mahdollistaminen vaatii erilaisten kokeiluiden kautta […]
Procurements for Helsinki and Tallinn won by Autonomous Mobility A/S
The Sohjoa Baltic long period pilots, to be conducted this year in Helsinki (4 months) and in Tallinn (6 months), will be deployed and operated by Danish service provider Autonomous Mobility A/S. They use Navya’s automated shuttles. The Sohjoa Baltic’s first long period pilot has been ongoing in Kongsberg, Norway, since October 2018. Procurements for […]
Sohjoa Baltic shared legislation knowledge at VECS2019 in Sweden
Mauro Bellone (Chalmers University of Technology), Ebba Josefson (Front Advokater) and Matthias Hartwig (IKEM) were at Vehicle Electronics and Connected Services 2019 Conference in Sweden, held the legal workshop to present the legal roadmap. The mentioned roadmap gives an overview of the legal challenges that arise when implementing automated buses as part of public transport. […]
European Legal Implementation Roadmap 2019 out now
Once automated buses are legally standardised and commercially available, they will be able to operate in locations that are currently only served by privately owned vehicles. However, most relevant issues have not yet been fully resolved. The many unanswered questions hinder public administrations from planning for and successfully integrating automated buses into the transportation system. […]
Helsinki has opened Procurement for Robotbus
Project Sohjoa Baltic (Interreg BSR) promotes emission-lowering, last mile public transportation smart mobility solutions across Baltic Sea Region. The project’s automated, electric minibus piloting in Helsinki is calling for service providers capable of operating such vehicle in urban areas, to leave their bids by 8th March, 2019. The Sohjoa Baltic project is coordinated by experienced […]
Tallinn has Opened Procurement for Robotbus
Sohjoa Baltic’s Estonian partner city Tallinn has opened procurement process in order to acquire suitable automated electric minibus to roam the city streets later this year. The deadline for tender submissions is Feb 15th, 2019. The documents, with more details such as grounds for selection and tender suitability criteria, requirements and more can now be […]
Project Meeting in Kongsberg
The Sohjoa Baltic project partners are meeting on Thursday 15th Nov, 2018 in Kongsberg, Norway. The project is now in its busiest phase as in Kongsberg the long trial has begun, yet tendering and routing for Tallinn and Helsinki trials and small scale trials in Gdansk, Vejle and Zemgale are getting closer. Additionally, the desktop […]
Legal Implementation Roadmap for Sweden published
Sohjoa Baltic researches, promotes and pilots automated driverless electric minibuses as part of the public transport chain especially for first/last mile connectivity. A legal implementation roadmap for Sweden has been published. In this report, Mauro Bellone from Chalmers University of Technology together with Ebba Josefson and Bob Lee from Front Law Firm will give an overview of […]