Moderation Team
“These trials are part of the GCP’s ambitions to transform public transport and active travel across Greater Cambridge.”
Engineering trials of an autonomous shuttle have started in Cambridge.
The first Aurrigo Autonomous Shuttle arrived in the city at the end of October, with a second delivered last week.
Following the team’s return to site after lockdown, work has started on engineering trials by mapping the test route from Madingley Road Park & Ride around the University of Cambridge’s West Cambridge campus. The second shuttle has also begun mapping the route. Selected passengers will be invited on board the shuttle by the project team in June.
The trial is part of a government-funded project led by Smart Cambridge, a workstream of the Greater Cambridge Partnership, and engineering firm Aurrigo Driverless Technology. It is designed to look at how autonomous technology could be used on the public transport network.
If successful, the GCP will have evidence to consider when planning future transport schemes – which may mean self-driving vehicles could be rolled out elsewhere around Greater Cambridge in the future.
A GCP spokesperson said: “Autonomous vehicles are an exciting technology that could offer people a safe and reliable way to travel to the city centre and employment sites late at night or out of regular service hours in the future.
Source: www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk
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