CAD Webinar Series (V): CityMobil2

The fifth installment of the CAD Webinar Series took place on 16 November 2017 on the topic of “Demonstrating automated road transport in urban environment: the CityMobil2 project experiences”. To access the recording please click here 

The aim of the webinar was to inform participants about the lessons learnt as regards organising such large-scale demonstrations and about key findings that will support future development and research activities in the area.

Agenda & presentations

11:00 – 11:05 | Introduction to the CAD Webinar Series (Sophia Adam, ICCS)

11:05 – 11:20 | Lessons learned from large-scale demonstrations in Trikaka (Dr Giannis Karaseitanidis, ICCS) Presentation 

11:20 – 11:35 | Communication requirements of other road users when interacting with AVs (Dr Ruth Madigan, University of Leeds) Presentation

11:35 – 11:50 | Acceptance of autonomous shuttles for passenger transport in a Greek city (Dr Evangelia Portouli, ICCS) Presentation

11:50 – 12:00 | Question and Answer Session (Sophia Adam, ICCS)

About CityMobil2

CityMobil2 is a project co-funded by the EU’s FP7 for research and technological development. The project started in September 2012, ran for 4 years and had 45 partners drawn from system suppliers, city authorities (and local partners), the research community, and networking organisations.  CityMobil2 set up a platform for the demonstration of automated road transport systems in real life urban environments, which was implemented in West Lausanne, La Rochelle, Trikala, Oristano and Vantaa, in order to understand factors that influence acceptance of such systems. In addition to the demonstration activities, research was undertaken into the technical, financial, cultural, and behavioural aspects along with effects on land use policies and how new systems fit into existing infrastructure in different cities.