Automated bus trials in traffic
SOHJOA project experiences
Harri Santamala
Project Director, Metropolia UAS
[email protected]
+358 40 334 1516
www.sohjoa.fi
Previous / ongoing activities
+more launching 2017
CityMobil2
@Vantaa
2015
SOHJOA-6aika
HKI-ESPOOTRE 2016 - 2018
VTT Urban Auto Test
Bed 2016
6Aika 2016 - 2018
6Aika – Metropolia coordinates open innovation platform
• Helsinki - Espoo – Hervanta (Tre) 2016 - 2018
• 6Aika-project brings open ”busline” where
companies can come to test and develop new
product and service ideas needed or enabled by
automated transportation
• Common theme is the automatization of urban
transportation and new business opportunities it
can open
About mobility chain
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First and last mile is the most expensive element to produce
with conventional means
Existing solutions Taxi, Uber, cycles, walking
None of them can combine cost effectiveness with convenience
With last mile problem the mental barrier for us passenger
vehicle users becomes difficult to overcome
Last mile operation? What is it about
https://youtu.be/TXe8oPtt
vCg
Autonomous vehicles vs. automated vehicles
OEM Top-down model
L0 to L5 (2020 +)
Vs.
”Automated buses”
Straigth to L4.. Sort of
#SOHJOA
SOHJOA?
SOHJOA!
Some lessons learned
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Traffic arrangements
• Risk assesment
• Awareness
• 4 Seasons
Opportunity
MINTC and Trafi have allowed remotely supervised
testing in real traffic conditions ->
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New business opportunities through pilots, test and
experiments
Out-of-peak-hour services
ITS systems
”Flight” control
Winter automation
Public transportation
What else?
What should we do?
• Open co-operation
• Proactive mental leading
Nobody asks us to join unless were active ourselves
• Pilots and tests
Open road
Cold environment
• Development
Machine automation experise
• Bold openings
Large scale deployment eg. first permanent busline
To learn about cost
Use cases and acceptance
True efficiency
Can we do it better
Pittsburgh-scandic version?
=> Lots of sizzle and new business
Financing and partners
SOHJOA-6Aika is part of a Finnish cities’ collaborative 6Aika -project family funded by European
Structural Fund. Our partners are Aalto University, Forum Virium Helsinki, Finnish Geographical
Institute and Tampere University of Technology.
Alongside the 6Aika -project, Metropolia is coordinating government funded Tekes project aiming to
build company consortiums to focus the development work.
Operation of automated vehicles in Finnish environment is tested as part of the NordicWay - project
funded by Finnish Transport Safety Agency Trafi and Finnish Transport Agency Liikennevirasto.
NordicWay project tackles the challenges of new traffic services and road transport automation.
Lets just do it