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A few months after the completion of EBSF_2, the European Commission's CORDIS has published an article on EBSF_2, discussing its results in brief. Focussing on how the project contributed to the provision of intelligent, energy-efficient and customer-oriented bus systems, the article is a good summary of three years of EBSF_2.
Read the full article here!
On 18 April 2018, UITP held the final conference to bring to a close the EBSF_2 Project – where leading public transport and industry stakeholders gathered to discuss the success of this pioneering project.
The event took place in conjunction with the Transport Research Arena 2018, co-organised by the European Commission, which turned Vienna into the capital of European transport research from 16 to 19 April.
In occasion of the EBSF_2 Final Conference, two news publications have been released.
Find out more about the innovations tested and their results within the project’s twelve test sites in the Demonstration Sites brochure.
On 29 March 2018, RATP Group, CEA, Iveco Bus and UITP organised the EBSF_2 Paris City demo event. The demonstration was held at the RATP Lagny bus depot, in the 20th arrondissement in Paris, to showcase the first fully autonomous bus parking in an underground environment.
The experiment is the culmination of a technological research project conducted by the demo team (RATP Group, CEA List and Iveco Bus) as part of EBSF_2, to investigate the potential of autonomous driving for intelligent garage procedures. Several points of interest were raised from the discussion with the audience gathered in Paris to experience this unique test, among them:
The EBSF_2 consortium is glad to invite you to the Project’s Final Conference in Vienna on 18 April 2018. The all-day event will showcase the solutions and technological innovations tested within the 12 project’s test sites and give participants the opportunity to discuss the results with the demonstrations’ working teams.
The conference takes place at the Courtyard by Marriott Vienna Prater/Messe located on Trabrennstrasse 4, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
On 1st March 2018, the London Demonstrator of the EBSF_2 project won the Most Innovative Transport Project Award. The London Transport awards, supported by Transport for London, London Councils, London Travel Watch and London First, recognise excellence in transport and reward innovation and progress for transport initiatives which are really working in London.
The Paris City demonstration team cordially invites you to the EBSF_2 showcase taking place in Paris, France, on Thursday 29 March. The event is hosted by RATP at the Lagny Bus Depot located at 67 Rue de Lagny, 75020 PARIS.
The Paris City demonstration has tested the technical feasibility of automation of bus parking of a hybrid bus in an underground depot, with a capacity of about 200 buses. The results of the tests will be showcased by demo partners RATP, IVECO and CEA.
Participants are invited to experience the parking procedure in the underground depot while the bus is driving autonomous.
EBSF_2 consortium partner Polis will host a results workshop in Budapest on 9 March 2018. During the event, some of the project’s demonstration sites will present their latest innovation in bus technology, ranging from energy strategy and auxiliaries to IT standard Introduction in existing fleets.
The results workshop in Budapest will provide a platform to local policy makers, bus manufacturers, top-leaders suppliers and large operators to discuss innovation in bus technology. Moreover, the cities involved in the project will be able to showcase their achievements and share best practices on the topic.
The tenth EBSF_2 demonstration event took place in Gothenburg on Wednesday 24 January 2018. Chalmers University of Technology, Västtraffik and Volvo Bus shared their experiences and passengers’ perception on a fully electric bus line with redesigned bus stops (one indoor) and work on heating solutions for electric buses.
The results from the studies shows that the indoor bus stop is very well liked by the passengers who perceive it as clean, “comfy”, silent and safe. Still some improvement is needed on the interior design. The project has therefore arranged a co-creation activity with design students, which has lead to a new interior design currently being implemented.
The SCORE consortium is glad to invite you to participate in the Project’s Final Conference, in Brussels on 15 March 2018 starting at 10 am. The event takes place at Rue d'Egmont 11, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
The SCORE project investigated the future development paths of the European transport manufacturing industries. The objective of the project was to explore, assess and forecast how progress in research and development, new innovative technologies and future demand changes will affect the global competitive position of the European transport manufacturing industry.