Geneva

Countryside and suburbs

Geneva

Geneva

100% automated, on-demand, dynamically routed, shared Public Transport

In Geneva, fifteen automated vehicles capable of self-driving on 99% of all routes, will connect citizens living in the countryside or suburbs to the main train stations, bus and tram lines.

ULTIMO Project

Partners involved:

TPG, Padam, MobileThinking, Certh, UniGe

Vehicle description:

15 WeRide shuttles

Integration with public transport:

via +600 shared bus stops

Target users:

citizens and tourists

Track length (in total):

1784 km

Maximum speed:

vehicles homologated for 69 km/h

Background:

The Geneva Public Transport network, operated by Transports Publics Genevois (TPG), is an interconnected system of trams, buses, trolleys and mouettes (transport boats)in the canton of Geneva. The whole system is fully integrated and is composed of 33 km of tramways, 30 km of trolleybus and 360 km of buses.

Due to the population growth in the canton of Geneva, new sub-urban residential and economic activities areas have appeared, as well as areas with relatively low population density with reduced services or no service offer, in many of them. The decentralisation of economic activities has increased (new) needs for urban passenger and logistics transport.

Main objectives:

The target of the Geneva site is to integrate automated on-demand vehicles with the existing public transport services. Geneva’s countryside and suburbs, consist of a 113 km2 area, villages, industrial zones and small roads. To improve the citizen mobility, this area will see fifteen automated vehicles providing a 100% on-demand and electric services to passengers. There will be no fixed routes and no timetables; passengers can book and tailor their ride via a dedicated application.

The innovative feature is the simultaneous and complete integration of key elements of future public transportation which can be scaled up and rolled out in other areas and cities:

  • Vehicles capable of self-driving on 99% of all public routes on the estate
  • 100% automated, on-demand and electric vehicles
  • Dynamic routing
  • Ride pooling
  • No timetable
  • No fixed routes
  • +600 TPG bus stop hubs
  • Remote supervision
  • Full Automated AV depot entrance/exit

The only human interaction within the 100% automated system is the client who uses the application to book a vehicle.

Contact Person:

Jeroen Beukers

Beukers.Jeroen[at]tpg.ch