Communications Guide for Robotbus Operators Published!
We are happy to present the fresh Communications Guide for Robotbus Operators (electric, automated shuttle bus stewards) – is this first of a kind in the world? We are not sure! But ours has very practical knowledge, such as most asked Q&As. You may benefit from this collective wisdom if planning an automated shuttle bus […]
Kongsberg Demo in Norway started
Sohjoa Baltic (Interreg Baltic Sea Region), Kongsberg Municipality, National Public Road, Brakar, Nettbuss, EasyMile and Applied Autonomy have made it reality in Kongsberg, a new public transport service started on saturday 13th October 2018. “You will soon see it drive in snow in Kongsberg. We look forward for a great period. Applied Autonomy deliver services […]
Legal Implementation Roadmap for Poland published
Sohjoa Baltic (Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme) project researches, promotes and pilots automated driverless electric minibuses as part of the public transport chain especially for first/last mile connectivity. Produced in collaboration with Kancelaria Adwokacka adw. Lech Kaniszewski, The Metropolitan Institute and City of Gdańsk a study of the legal challenges that arise in Poland when implementing automated buses […]
The Joint Legal Implementation Roadmap for Finland and Germany published
The Interreg Baltic Sea Programme EU-funded Project Sohjoa Baltic researches, promotes and pilots automated driverless electric minibuses as part of the public transport chain especially for first/last mile connectivity. In this Joint Legal Implementation Roadmap the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (TRAFI) and the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility e.V. (IKEM) give an overview of the legal […]
State of The Art of Automated Buses Published
Sohjoa Baltic studied the State of the Art of automated buses with project’s experts and researchers from Baltic Sea Region with dr Mauro Bellone from Chalmers University. The paper is peer-reviewed and published in Sustainability Journal (vol 10, issue 9). Working towards emission-free transportation, the state of the art study provides a review of the impact […]
Hankepartnerit koolla Tanskassa
Sohjoa Baltic on Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulun vetämä, Interreg Baltic Sea Region -rahoitusta saava kansainvälinen hanke. Sohjoa Balticin tavoitteena on tutkia, kuinka automaattiset, vähäpäästöiset minibussit voisivat tulla joukkoliikennekäyttöön Itämeren ympärysvaltioiden kaupunkien kaduille. Hanke käynnistyi marraskuussa 2017 ja sen puitteissa on muun muassa tehty vertailevaa tutkimusta liikenteeseen liittyvästä lainsäädännöstä Saksan ja Suomen välillä, kyselytutkimusta osallistuvien kaupunkien tavoitteista, sekä […]
Pilot City Survey Results Out
The automated public transport systems have great potential in solving many of the challenges faced by millions of travellers today. In order to optimally benefit from the new technologies, the strategic goals of the cities and the cities’ current problems need to be recognised. Sohjoa Baltic project partner FLOU from Finland conducted a survey. Findings show, that cities’s […]
Sohjoa Baltic Partner Meeting Vejle
Our Project Partners are having a meeting in Vejle, Denmark. Interesting discussions are going on as different work packages are proceeding from preliminary work towards procurement and actual leasing of automated vehicles for demo cities. According to plans the first automated minibuses will be driving in Kongsberg, Norway, this September onwards for a nine months […]
Procurement of vehicles for the long term pilots
Sohjoa Baltic’s project partner Kongsberg leads the collaborative work for finding the best solutions for Procurement of vehicles for the pilots. The main project objective is to research the impacts and roles of automated buses in urban public transportation and develop planning methods and guidelines to integrate best practices in policy-making and planning. The ultimately best practices for vehicle […]
Core findings of the Joint Legal Implementation Roadmap for Finland and Germany
Sohjoa Baltic project partners TRAFI, the Finnish Transport Safety Agency and IKEM, the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility in Germany analysed the most relevant areas of law for the implementation of automated minibuses in urban public transport in order to create a Legal Implementation Roadmap for Finland and Germany. The comparative law analysis […]