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 […]
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 […]
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 […]