Abstract
From April to November 2017, the non-profit research organisation Salzburg Research conducted the “Digibus© 2017” trial, the first trial of a self-driving shuttle on a public road in Austria. The shuttle from the French company Navya Tech has been tested on a 1.4-km long track in the village of Koppl, which is situated approximately ten kilometres east from the City of Salzburg. The trial in Koppl was one of the first trials worldwide on public roads with mixed traffic in a rural area. The focus of this trial was on the real-world evaluation of a self-driving shuttle for bridging the first/last mile in public transport. From April to November 2017, 240 test drives with 874 passengers covering 341 test kilometres have been conducted. Results show that the technology is ready for testing, but there is still a long way to go for driverless operation, especially in mixed traffic scenarios. The work describes the trial setting, the test route, the process of deploying the shuttle, experiences collected during the trial as well as results from a passenger survey. The accompanying passenger survey with 294 participants revealed high acceptance and a good feeling of safety.
Highlights
In June 2016, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology presented the Austrian Action Plan for Automated Driving [2]
The majority of the test drives (45%) was conducted for demonstration purposes for an external audience. These demonstration drives were held either for company delegations, representatives from road or transport authorities, for the press or for private persons. 38% of the drives were used for operator training, test drives for data collection or test drives without external passengers immediately after the commissioning of the self-driving shuttle
3.2 Test experiences we summarise the gathered experiences considering the aspects deployment, positioning, Fig. 2 a Digibus© bus stop in Koppl village centre, (b) Steepest part of the long route automated driving capabilities and interaction with other road users
Summary
In June 2016, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology presented the Austrian Action Plan for Automated Driving [2]. At the end of 2016, Salzburg Research applied for a test permit for testing a self-driving shuttle on a public road based on the AutomatFahrV. On April 20th, as first organisation in Austria, Salzburg Research got the permission to conduct test drives with a self-driving shuttle on public roads.
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