After 4.5 years, the AVENUE project comes to an end! During these years, and in spite the COVID crisis, we were able to fulfill the targets defined in the beginning of the project.

We deployed and offered public transportation services in 8 European sites, we raised awareness of the advantages of AVs to the larger public, developed guidelines and recommendations for the different actors, improved the operation of the AVs, in reply to the real needs of public transportation operators ans passengers, etc etc etc …

In this final event, taking place in Parc Olympic de Lyon at Decines, France, the Keolis-Lyon site, we will present the project work and achievements, including a live demo of a functional public transportation service.Avenue Closing Event AGENDA 20102022FINAL_detail

Program:

After 4 years and 13 deployed Autonomous Vehicles in Public Transportation Servies in 8 sites, we are proud to invite you to our first (of a series of fours) webinar, to discover the technology advancements of the Project Autonomous Vehicles, made by NAVYA in reply to the needs identified during the 4 years deployment of public transportation services in the different AVENUE sites.

In the framework of Autonomous/Automated Vehicles in public transportation, Prof. Dimitri Konstantas (University of Geneva and Coordinator of AVENUE Project) is organising a special issue of MDPI’s Applied Sciences journal (ISSN 2076-3417) with the title “Autonomous Vehicles for Public Transportation Services”. Everyone in the domain is invited to submit their manuscript to our special issues.

Submission Deadline: 10 March 2022

Call for papers and more info to be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/public_transportation.

To discuss the potential, opportunities, and challenges, Global Mass Transit is organizing its Third Annual Conference on Autonomous Vehicles and Public Transport in Europe on November 17-18, 2021, at Hotel Sofitel Legend The Grand  Amsterdam in The Netherlands.

The mission of the conference is to discuss the policy and regulatory framework in Europe, progress under EU-funded projects, best practices to integrate AVs and public transport, noteworthy case studies, pilot projects and trials, potential use cases of AVs in public transport, strategies for the deployment of AVs to support transit operations, the infrastructure required to deploy AVs, and funding and procurement strategies. The conference will also showcase new and existing technologies for AVs. Examples will be provided for large, medium, and small transit agencies.

The conference will bring together experts from government agencies, public transport authorities, vehicle technology suppliers, R&D institutes, academic institutions and private companies to address issues in policy, planning, funding, technology, market development, testing, and the deployment of AVs.

Evangelos Bekiaris, Vice President, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)/Director, Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT) will be presenting on “AV Use Cases evolution and priorities”

From the 14th to the 18th of June 2021, the international colloquium of Gerpisa 2021 is taking place virtually on zoom.
Results from AVENUE are being presented by Ines Jeroudi (HS PF) and her colleagues with as scientific article title “What is the potential impact of the transition from traditional transport to new mobility models (electric automated minibuses) in European cities?”

More info can be found at: https://gerpisa.org/en/node/6479

The Anthropolis Colloquium 2021 focuses on Envisioning Sustainable Futures for Urban Mobility and will take place virtually on the 25/26 March 2021.
Guy Fournier (HS PF) is presenting AVENUE’s results as a presentation with the title “How to shape a mobility of the future which serves general interest? Potential emerging mobility services with automated vehicles and their related ecosystems in cities”.

More info at: https://www.chaire-anthropolis.fr/news/anthropolis-colloquium-2021-registration-is-open/

Interested in how clean & autonomous vehicles can be inclusive and bring value for local regions? Join Bus & Car Magazine Webinar on Tuesday 26th of January at 12 CET!

Info & free register: https://www.busetcar.com/institutionnel/webinar-sur-la-transition-territoriale-vers-la-robomobilite-631619.php

H2020 AVENUE is presented by Prof Danielle Attias (CentraleSupélec), the project’s Scientific Coordinator.

Target audience

All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. The following parties might have a specific interest in doing so:

• national, regional and local administrations;
• other public sector actors;
• organisations representing social partners, civil society, consumers and passengers; NGOs dealing in particular with mobility, accessibility and the environment;
• private sector actors (and their associations);
• research and academia; education & training institutions and organisations.

Why we are consulting

The Commission is working on a comprehensive Strategy for a Sustainable and Smart Mobility. While taking into consideration the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector, the strategy will set a pathway for the sector towards the sustainable and digital transitions, building a resilient and crisis-proof transport system for generations to come and delivering on the ambition set out in the European Green Deal and Europe Fit for the Digital Age Communications. In this context, the public consultation seeks to gather the views of citizens and stakeholders on the elements of the Strategy. The questionnaire also looks into how the current framework set out in 2011 White Paper has delivered up to now.

Responding to the questionnaire

You can contribute to this consultation by filling in the online questionnaire. If you are unable to use the online questionnaire, please contact us using the email address below.

Questionnaires are available in some or all official EU languages. You can submit your responses in any official EU language.

For reasons of transparency, organisations and businesses taking part in public consultations are asked to register in the EU’s Transparency Register.

Repond to the questionnaire

Target audience

All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. The following parties might have a specific interest in doing so:

• national, regional and local administrations;
• other public sector actors;
• organisations representing social partners, civil society, consumers and passengers; NGOs dealing in particular with mobility, accessibility and the environment;
• private sector actors (and their associations);
• research and academia; education & training institutions and organisations.

Why we are consulting

The Commission is working on a comprehensive Strategy for a Sustainable and Smart Mobility. While taking into consideration the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector, the strategy will set a pathway for the sector towards the sustainable and digital transitions, building a resilient and crisis-proof transport system for generations to come and delivering on the ambition set out in the European Green Deal and Europe Fit for the Digital Age Communications. In this context, the public consultation seeks to gather the views of citizens and stakeholders on the elements of the Strategy. The questionnaire also looks into how the current framework set out in 2011 White Paper has delivered up to now.

Responding to the questionnaire

You can contribute to this consultation by filling in the online questionnaire. If you are unable to use the online questionnaire, please contact us using the email address below.

Questionnaires are available in some or all official EU languages. You can submit your responses in any official EU language.

For reasons of transparency, organisations and businesses taking part in public consultations are asked to register in the EU’s Transparency Register.

Repond to the questionnaire

Target audience

All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. The following parties might have a specific interest in doing so:

• national, regional and local administrations;
• other public sector actors;
• organisations representing social partners, civil society, consumers and passengers; NGOs dealing in particular with mobility, accessibility and the environment;
• private sector actors (and their associations);
• research and academia; education & training institutions and organisations.

Why we are consulting

The Commission is working on a comprehensive Strategy for a Sustainable and Smart Mobility. While taking into consideration the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector, the strategy will set a pathway for the sector towards the sustainable and digital transitions, building a resilient and crisis-proof transport system for generations to come and delivering on the ambition set out in the European Green Deal and Europe Fit for the Digital Age Communications. In this context, the public consultation seeks to gather the views of citizens and stakeholders on the elements of the Strategy. The questionnaire also looks into how the current framework set out in 2011 White Paper has delivered up to now.

Responding to the questionnaire

You can contribute to this consultation by filling in the online questionnaire. If you are unable to use the online questionnaire, please contact us using the email address below.

Questionnaires are available in some or all official EU languages. You can submit your responses in any official EU language.

For reasons of transparency, organisations and businesses taking part in public consultations are asked to register in the EU’s Transparency Register.

Repond to the questionnaire

On the 18th of June 2020, Eliane Horschutz Nemoto (HS PF) is presenting H2020 AVENUE project and the work conducting in the framework of this project at the 5th Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility (CSUM 2020)

More info can be found at http://csum.civ.uth.gr

9th LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE LCM 2019
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FUTURE CURRENT CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS IN LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT

POZNAN – POLAND

First in the history of LCM Conferences, this event will be organised in one of the Central and Eastern European countries – in Poland. The main organisers are: Poznan University of Technology, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, and Solaris Bus & Coach. The conference is planned as a four-day meeting and will be held in the Conference & Lecture Center of Poznan University of Technology, in Campus Piotrowo, near Warta River.

For many years, the series of LCM conferences has been considered as a prestigious discussion forum engaging not only scientists but, above all, representatives of business. Nowadays, in the face of enormous challenges such as the circular economy, life cycle thinking becomes particularly important and seems to be valid as never before.

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