Hiroshima bus test of autonomous driving on tram track November 17 to 13:21 to avoid traffic jam
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In order to reduce the delay of buses due to traffic congestion, a demonstration experiment was conducted in Hiroshima City to run an autonomous bus on the tramway.
In this demonstration experiment, Hiroshima University cooperated with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the University of Tokyo, Hiroshima Electric Railway, etc. for the purpose of reducing bus delays and eliminating driver shortages by using trams. It was held at dawn on the 17th after the train operation was over.
During the experiment, a self-driving bus equipped with a camera and GPS travels along the city road in Naka-ku, Hiroshima at a speed of 15 km / h, and enters the tramway of the Hiroshima Electric Railway Enami Line on the way and is selected by public offering People who got on board and got on and off at the stop of the train.
Hiroshima University plans to reduce the delay of operation by getting on and off the bus passengers at the stop of the tramway when the road is congested, and in the demonstration experiment, when the bus stops It was confirmed whether the distance was kept so that it would not hit the tram that had stopped.
According to Hiroshima University, this is the first time an autonomous bus runs on a tramway.
Prof. Akimasa Fujiwara, a Hiroshima University graduate school specializing in traffic engineering, who conducted the experiment, said, “I want to put it into practical use as soon as possible so that it can eliminate bus delays due to congestion while cooperating while many trams run.” talked.