{"id":28019,"date":"2023-11-02T11:07:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=28019"},"modified":"2023-11-02T11:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:13:54","slug":"autonomous-shuttles-hamburg-2030-alike-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/ticketing\/autonomous-shuttles-hamburg-2030-alike-project\/","title":{"rendered":"10,000 autonomous electric shuttles in Hamburg by 2030? It’s the goal of the government-backed project ALIKE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By 2030, there could be up to 10,000 autonomous shuttles on Hamburg’s roads. That\u2019s the goal of an agreement between the Federal Ministry of Transport and the Hanseatic City of Hamburg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A mobility solution will be created in the city using a modern on-demand transport service that supplements the classic public bus and rail transport system<\/strong> with a new product and represents an attractive alternative to private cars, partners say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The ALIKE project will test a system with autonomous shuttles (SAE Level 4) that can be easily booked using an app and that picks up passengers and takes them to their destination<\/strong>. The system meets strict safety requirements and is also intended to be scalable across regions, making it also suitable for rural areas<\/strong>. The aim of the pilot project is also to test the acceptance of autonomous driving services in practice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Holon Mover and Volkswagen ID.Buzz AD<\/strong> will be the first two vehicles to be tested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The consortium brings together six project partners: public transport operator HOCHBAHN<\/strong> as consortium leader; the on-demand service provider MOIA<\/strong>; vehicle manufacturers HOLON and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles<\/strong> (the latter backs MOIA service); as well as the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)<\/strong> as research partner and the Hamburg Authority for Transport and Mobility Change<\/strong> (BVM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Autonomous ridepooling is the missing piece of the puzzle between traditional public transport and the individual mobility needs of citizens. With it, we are creating a completely new pillar of public transport, an attractive alternative to private cars, and an essential prerequisite for being able to run the Hamburg-Takt and offer everyone in Hamburg a public transport service within five minutes. As a result, the public transport of the future will be even more convenient, sustainable and efficient.<\/p>Anjes Tjarks, Hamburg’s Senator for Transport and Mobility Transition<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport is funding the project with \u20ac26 million<\/strong>. The Federal Minister of Transport Dr. Volker Wissing<\/strong> presented the funding decision to the project consortium in the presence of Hamburg’s Senator for Transport and Mobility Change Dr. Anjes Tjarks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The consortium partners will initially set up an overall system for booking and using up to 20 autonomously driving vehicles<\/strong> in public transport in Hamburg. Vehicles from different manufacturers will be integrated into an on-demand service <\/strong>to test them in operation and make them digitally bookable for users via apps. The project results are expected to lay the foundation for future commercial deployment and scaling of ridepooling services, partners say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the coming weeks, the main contents of the project will be defined on the basis of the preliminary work by the consortium partners. The project is scheduled to run for three years and is divided into three main phases<\/strong>. The preparation phase includes detailed project planning and software development. In the integration phase, the vehicles will be linked to the operating software. In addition, permits will be obtained for vehicles and the operating area, for example, in accordance with the new legislation on autonomous driving. The autonomous ridepooling service is scheduled to start in 2025, when passengers will be able to ride in the shuttles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The operations and ridepooling software is provided by MOIA. The company has been operating Europe\u2019s largest all-electric ridepooling service with drivers in Hamburg since 2019<\/strong> and has extensive experience in setting up and operating on-demand transport. HOCHBAHN is Germany\u2019s second-largest public transportion company and was responsible for the HEAT (Hamburg Electric Autonomous Transportation) research and development project until 2020\/21<\/a>, in which experience was gained for the first time in the operation of an autonomous shuttle in regular service in Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u20ac26 million of federal funding for ALIKE project in Hamburg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
MOIA, a success story in ridepooling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n