The upcoming years are crucial to the development of automated driving in Europe. The automated (developing to autonomous) technology has great potential to serve the public interest by improving the environmental sustainability of traffic and making transit safer and more enjoyable for everyone.<\/p>\n
Sohjoa Baltic project<\/strong> has researched, promoted, and piloted from 2017 onwards the use of driverless, electric minibuses in public transport. When planning deployment of a robot bus pilot, the central question is, whether the innovation can be implemented within the existing legal framework.<\/p>\n What are the legal obstacles on the way to sound use cases of driverless transport? Matth<\/strong>ias Hartwig<\/strong>, Head of mobility department of Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility IKEM <\/strong>Berlin presented the legal situation at the Sohjoa Baltic’s Autonomous public transport webinar<\/a> shared tips from legal perspective when implementing autonomous driving to public transport:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Currently, there is a need for an international and European legal framework for integrated system of public transport of people and freight for safe, smooth and efficient implementation of vehicles and infrastructure on public roads. The regulatory goals, presented by mr Hartwig, should ensure safety, performance, zero emission and better mobility for all in the future. The legal framework requires rethinking the public transport law to reflect the new flexibility and availability of vehicles and information in the digital world:<\/p>\n Mr. Hartwig will also present these topics at Sohjoa Baltic’s final conference Future of autonomous transport in Baltic Sea Region<\/a>, a live event to be held in Tallinn on Thu 27th August, 2020.<\/p>\n What is the current legal situation for automated vehicles in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Germany? And what are the legal challenges when implementing automated buses as part of public transport? These questions are answered and more insights on the legal topics are provided in the first volume of Sohjoa Baltic’s publication series Roadmap to Automatic Electric Shuttles in Public Transport – The Legal Framework<\/strong>. The publication<\/p>\n The upcoming years are crucial to the development of automated driving in Europe. The automated (developing to autonomous) technology has great potential to serve the public interest by improving the environmental sustainability of traffic and making transit safer and more enjoyable for everyone. Sohjoa Baltic project has researched, promoted, and piloted from 2017 onwards the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[47,85,8,33,9,84,51,86,17],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts","tag-criminal-law","tag-european-legal-implementation-roadmap","tag-ikem","tag-interreg-baltic-sea-region","tag-law","tag-legal-framework","tag-liability-law","tag-roadmap-to-automated-electric-shuttles-in-public-transport","tag-sohjoa-baltic"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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