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ITS World Congress
Hamburg and the BMVI are currently preparing to host the world’s largestITS World Congressin October 2021 with over 15,000 visitors expected. The city is positioning itself as a model and laboratory of intelligent transport and logistics solutions.
In October the city successfully trialed itsautonomous HEAT minibuspassenger service ona one-kilometer section of test track in the HafenCity district.
The program initially started in 2019 without passengers and at limited speeds, but has since progressed rapidly.
Using datainfrastructure developed bySiemensand theHamburg Verkehrsanlagen(HHVA), eachminibus travels along a defined route at speeds of up to 25 kilometers-per-hour, using built-in cameras to communicate with sensors in the area.
It can carry up to seven passengers (though this has been reduced to three to adhere to social distancing guidelines) who can register for the trip free of charge via an app.
Almost600 passengers used the service during October’s test period, and preparations are currently underway for thefinal test phase in spring 2021.
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