Automated Mobility : The People behind the Wheel

This episode is a special edition ***in French*** that has been recorded during the congress and exhibition Autonomy in Paris in March 2022. Cet episode en francais a été enregistre lors du salon Autonomy a Paris en mars 2022.

In this episode, Dominik Schallauer explores the SHOW Austrian Mega Sites that are deploying Automated Vehicles (AVs) in Graz, Salzburg and Carinthia. He also tells us about their public transport services targeting peri-urban areas as well as parcels delivery.  In the second part of the episode, Dominik explains how the legislative framework for AVs needs to be distinguished between testing and real operation. He emphasises among others the crucial role of a safety driver while testing an AV service since he monitors the ride and helps collecting learnings from the test in preparation of future real operations.  The episode was recorded in April 2022 following the release of the second amendment to the Austrian edict on automated driving (AutomatFahrV).  -- Links: AustriaTech www.austriatech.at  SHOW Mega Site Austria https://show-project.eu/mega-sites-austria/  SHOW Analysis report on legal, regulatory, institutional frameworks (D3.1) https://show-project.eu/media/deliverables/    -- Subscribe to the SHOW newsletter to receive the latest updates: https://show-project.eu/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/  Disclaimer: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 875530. The sole responsibility for the content of this podcast lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the CINEA nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

In this episode, you will learn about the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the specific role of Katharina Karnahl in the Institute of Transportation Systems. Katharina explains us the concept of intermodality, in which you can use seamlessly several means of transport to reach your destination. She mentions the need for connectivity of vehicles – if automated or not – to enable more fluidity in the traffic flow and reduce the emissions of vehicles.

In this episode you will get to know Pekka Eloranta, who is a leading Consultant at Finnish company Sitowise. Pekka is the Coordinator of the Finnish demo and leads the overall Satellite site activities in the SHOW project. He will share what drew him towards the field of automated mobility and why we need both local and European funding to achieve real change. You will also learn more about the peculiarities of the Finnish demo site, not in the least the extreme weather conditions…

In this episode, you will get to know Endre Angelvik, who is Executive Vice President of Radical Innovation at Ruter, chair of the Combined Mobility Committee at UITP and lastly member of the Advisory Board of the SHOW project. You will learn about Ruter and Endre’s various missions, all being gathered under the humble objective of changing the world! Endre shared with us his vision of car-free city and how Automated Shared Mobility could help for that. “Automated Vehicles have the potential to make service cheaper from an operator point of view, which means theoretically that the service will be available to more people.” He speaks about his motivation for the field and why we should put more (driverless) wheels on the ground.

In this short episode, you will get familiar with the context of the podcast ‘Automated Mobility: The People Behind the Wheel’. Host Henriette Cornet will dive deeper into the term “Automated Mobility” and explain how it merges electric, cooperative and connected, and shared mobility. You will discover the motivation behind the podcast and why road safety is on top of the list. Finally, you will hear more about the SHOW project and the main topics that are addressed in this exciting initiative.