{"id":1040,"date":"2019-09-11T21:12:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sohjoabaltic.eu\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2019-09-11T21:12:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:12:34","slug":"gdansk-pilot-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sohjoabaltic.eu\/fi\/gdansk-pilot-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Gdansk! Pilot started!"},"content":{"rendered":"
An autonomous bus already in Gdansk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The robobus in Gdansk bus runs daily until the end of September along Karwienska Street and takes passengers to the zoo. On Friday, 6th<\/sup> of September 2019, the city launched a small scale pilot as a part of the Sohjoa Baltic project. For seven days a week, twice an hour and for five hours a day (according to the schedule) the bus will carry passengers free of charge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The route leads from the stop at the entrance to the\nZOO, through an intermediate stop at the car park to the final stop at\nSpacerowa Street and back. The vehicle will move along the pre-programmed\nroute, but the operator will be present on board to react in the event of an\nemergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Thanks to Gda\u0144sk’s participation in the\ninternational Sohjoa Baltic project, we can present an extremely modern\ntransport solution, i.e. an automated bus. Such vehicles could in the future\ntake passengers to interchanges. The technology is new, so we would like to get\nto know it and think about its application in public transport before\nautonomous private cars set off on the streets of cities – says Aleksandra\nDulkiewicz, Mayor of Gdansk, adding that Gdansk will be the first Polish city\nto have such a possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the bus is designed as a complementary transport\nsolution, its size corresponds to these needs. A maximum of 12 persons,\nincluding the operator, will be transported per course. Buses of similar\nspecification went to Helsinki streets in June and to Tallinn at the end of\nAugust. The vehicle in Helsinki has already attracted more than two thousand\npassengers. The Latvian region of Zemgale is also planning a presentation on a\nscale similar to that of Gdansk, i.e. over a period of one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do residents and passengers think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the bus presentation, i.e. until the end of September, Gdansk residents will be able to comment on autonomous vehicles in public transport by filling in an interactive questionnaire: http:\/\/badania.gdansk.gda.pl\/ankieta\/455682\/badanie-nt-autonomicznej-mobilnosci.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Passengers, on the other hand, will be able to fill\nin a questionnaire at the bus stop after a ride on the show route, summarizing\ntheir feelings. The same questionnaires were filled in by passengers in\nKongsberg and Helsinki. In this way, the Sohjoa Baltic project partners will\nlearn more about passengers’ sense of security and demand for such solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Easymile, a manufacturer of autonomous electric\nbuses, is the contractor for the Gdansk City Hall. The company delivered two\nEZ10 vehicles to Gdansk<\/p>\n\n\n\n and programmed\nthem to move along the route. The contractor also trained three experienced\ndrivers of Gdansk Buses and Trams company to act as operators. Buses are\nequipped with an obstacle detection system around the vehicle, and operators\nwith a control panel to take control of the vehicle if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An autonomous, electric bus moves around Karwienska\nStreet, using its one roadway exclusively. The route leads from the stop at the\nentrance to the ZOO, through an intermediate stop at the car park to the final\nstop at Spacerowa Street (and back).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The line is numbered 322 and is free of charge. One\nride lasts up to 15 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Regular courses from 07-30.09.2019 from 10:00 to\n15:00 (seven days a week, twice an hour, five hours a day). <\/p>\n\n\n\n