As of May 31, 2025

Main activities in FY2025

◆Automated bus operation demonstration in the area around Kashiwanoha Campus Station

A long-term demonstration experiment will begin on 1 November 2019 in the 2.6 km area between Kashiwanoha Campus Station and Kashiwa Campus. The aim of this demonstration experiment is to operate a passenger bus business, identify issues that may arise during operation, and verify how to deal with them.

※Automated buses will continue as in the previous fiscal year.Click here for more details.

Betriebliche Routen

Automatisierte Busse

・Erweiterung der Reichweite des automatischen Fahrens durch Einführung magnetischer Markierungen (ab April 2020) .

・Einführung neuer Fahrzeuge zur Verbesserung der Leistung der automatischen Fahrfunktionen (ab Januar 2021) .

・Verknüpfung mit Ampeln und mit Kameras und Sensoren auf der Straße (ab Januar 2022) (ab Apr. 2022) .

・Durchführung von Demonstrationstests im Weltraum (ab Apr. 2012).

◆Unterausschuss (Studiengruppe zur Einführung von automatisierten Bussen) (1. Sitzung 21. August 2024 / 2. Sitzung 17. Februar 2025)

・Verwandte Themen der Forschung und Entwicklung.

Draft activity plan for 2024

・The project will continue to collect various data and issues through the ongoing operation of automated buses, and to study the deepening of the content of the operation and the way it should be operated in the medium to long term.
　Examine the deepening of the content and the medium- to long-term operation of the buses.

・Demonstration tests to solve problems in the road traffic environment along automated operation routes.

・SContinued discussions with relevant parties on the implementation of automated small-mobility demonstration tests.

・Investigate the actual development of eco-rides in the Kashiwanoha Campus Station area.