Tag: Navya
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Cutting Edge, Automated Mobility at the Oldest National Park & Beyond
Mobility as an amenity is one way to characterize Beep’s autonomous transportation service. To paraphrase Princeton’s Dr. Kornhauser, Beep’s service is like a horizontal elevator connecting buildings spread out over a given area. In a sense, what Beep is offering is an extension of its sponsors’ customer experience. These are just a few takeaways from…
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Designing for Autonomous Accessibility
“Our focus is on making sure that transportation of all kinds is available for people with disabilities and older adults and their caregivers,” explains Carol Wright Kenderdine, Co-Director of the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC). A joint venture of the Easterseals and the U.S. D.O.T.’s Federal Transit Administration, the NADTC works with transit…
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Artists, Accessibility and Autonomous Vehicles – Part 2 #AVS18
A long-time proponent of autonomous taxis, Princeton Professor Dr Alain Kornhauser discusses a potential downside for this future mobility as a service offering. Speaking at the AVS18 Symposium, Kornhauser warns that operators will need to account for how people treat property they don’t own. In the above video, he provides many examples of graffiti-covered public…
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Viodi View – 05/24/18
Yikes, the deadline for EU General Data Protection Rules (GDPR) is less than 24 hours from now and Viodi, LLC is not ready. At a superficial level, it would seem like these rules should not affect a U.S.-based newsletter which has mostly a U.S and Canadian audience, but the Viodi View does have readers in Europe,…
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Next Generation Shared Transport in Las Vegas and Beyond #CES2018
Will shared rides be part of the future of autonomous vehicles? Navya believes the answer is yes, as autonomous, connected, electric and shared was the premise behind their demonstrations at International CES2018. Since late 2017, Navya has been supplying the vehicles for the AAA-sponsored, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and Keolis North America (Keolis)-operated…
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Autonomous Shuttles = Improved Mobility & More #CES2018
10 passengers and 11.5 miles per hour are the typical occupancy and speed of the public transit bus in the United States, according to Keolis’ EVP Market Innovation and Development, Andreas Mai.* With these statistics in mind, Mai points to the opportunity associated with autonomous technology to optimize bus size and frequency to meet actual demand.…