{"id":436561,"date":"2023-02-10T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?post_type=selected&amp;p=436561"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:00:00","slug":"autonomous-driving-buses-on-demand-in-cambridge","status":"publish","type":"selected","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/selected\/autonomous-driving-buses-on-demand-in-cambridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous driving buses on demand in Cambridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Up to 13 self-driving shuttle buses\u00a0will be trialled for a year on Cambridge roads from early 2024.  In December 2021, the university also held a one-month trial of autonomous buses for a month through Cambridge. This reports the University of Cambridge in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/news\/self-driving-shuttle-buses-will-return-to-west-cambridge-innovation-district-for-new-trial?utm_campaign=newsletters&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=1220834_Cambridge%20News%20Digest%20%2809%2F02%2F23%29&amp;dm_i=6DCF,Q602,4ZIB8U,38S8O,1\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will test an on-demand self-driving shuttle service around Cambridge University\u2019s West Cambridge Innovation District, and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, to integrate with existing transport services already available in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project is one of seven self-driving bus projects in the United Kingdom. The government is funding \u00a38.7 million, as is industry, making the total project \u00a317.4 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-basic wp-block-visual-link-preview-link advgb-dyn-c525f68d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/selected\/chip-paves-the-way-for-better-self-driving-vehicles-and-portable-devices\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Chip paves the way for better self-driving vehicles and portable devices\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Chip paves the way for better self-driving vehicles and portable devices<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">A study by the Politecnico di Milano has developed a chip for self-driving vehicles. <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Innovation that benefits society<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Ian Leslie, advisor to Cambridge University&#8217;s board, said the university&#8217;s mission is to encourage innovation that benefits society. &#8220;We are delighted to support the next phase of autonomous transport. This project is going to be valuable in transporting staff, students and visitors in a sustainable way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elisa Meschini, chair of the board of Cambridge Partnerships, said Cambridge is known as a place where innovation gets a lot of space and attention. &#8220;Here we discover the technology of the future and realize these technological advances to improve the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a9 FreeImages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2482,"featured_media":523887,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[26049],"tags":[41531,40043,41945],"location":[55977],"internal_archives":[],"class_list":["post-436561","selected","type-selected","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobility","tag-autonomous-vehicles","tag-pilot","tag-self-driving-buses","location-united-kingdom"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed.jpg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/author\/rikdurkstra\/","display_name":"Rik Durkstra"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on February 10, 2023","modified":"Updated on February 10, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on February 10, 2023 1:00 pm","modified":"Updated on February 10, 2023 1:00 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"category":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/category\/mobility\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mobility<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mobility<\/span>"],"slug":"category","name":"Categories"},"post_tag":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/tag\/autonomous-vehicles\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">autonomous vehicles<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/tag\/pilot\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pilot<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/tag\/self-driving-buses\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">self-driving buses<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">autonomous vehicles<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pilot<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">self-driving buses<\/span>"],"slug":"post_tag","name":"Tags"},"language":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">EN<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">EN<\/span>"],"slug":"language","name":"Tags"},"post_translations":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/?taxonomy=post_translations&#038;term=pll_63e64d493215d\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">pll_63e64d493215d<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">pll_63e64d493215d<\/span>"],"slug":"post_translations","name":""},"location":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/location\/united-kingdom\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">United Kingdom<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">United Kingdom<\/span>"],"slug":"location","name":"Locations"},"internal_archives":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"internal_archives","name":"Internal Archives"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected\/436561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/selected"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436561"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=436561"},{"taxonomy":"internal_archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal_archives?post=436561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}