1. Development of a new public transport system of next-generation electric vehicles Catherine Holloway (c.holloway@ucl.ac.uk)c.holloway@ucl.ac.uk Nick Tyler (n.tyler@ucl.ac.uk)n.tyler@ucl.ac.uk

2. Outline Introduction to PICAV Our project partners Why we need PICAVs? PICAV design Fleet design The future Questions

3. Personal Intelligent City Accessible Vehicle Project aim A network of PICAVs to enable seamless transport for all

4. Simulator Cost effective fleet Locate across the city Vehicle Climb steps Unique seat User inputs: User Input Disabled & elderlyTransport operator

5. Vehicle + Fleet Simulator Vehicle DIMEC: Mechanical Design INRIA: Control system Mazel: Power ZTS: Construction User inputs LaCruna: Disabled & elderly transport user group TCB: Public transport provider

6. Project Partners FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1 Grant Agreement n° SCPS-GA -2009-233776

7. WHY?

8. Just need to go to the shops Let’s go to the park I need to visit the doctor Peoples’ aspirations:

9. … but …

10. People are Living longer Living with greater disabilities

11. … and …

12. Environmental barriers exist e.g. Genoa, Italy

13. PICAV helps…to bridge the accessibility gap System Management Concept Vehicle

14. Concept PICAV vehicle

15. PICAV: testing the concepts Seat Suspension Power System Control System Manoeuvrability Drivability Usability

16. SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

17. instant access open-ended reservation one way trips : Planning a city wide fleet with… Strategies for re-balancing parked vehicles

18. Example - Genova Travel planner

19. Example - Genova Real time Diagnostics

20. Conclusions Concept vehicle can now be tested with users in Genoa to decide which technologies are needed for the next generation Possible to have a cost-effective fleet operating in European city centres using a variety of management strategies

21. Thoughts…comments…questions?

22. Vehicle-Pedestrian Interactions Series of experiments at PAMELA and INRIA to investigate the effect of: Vehicle speed Street width Pedestrian density Age of pedestrians Automation level of vehicle On how pedestrians avoid PICAVs

23. Why put a vehicle in the pedestrian space? 2051 the aging population (>65) will be double that in 1999 12-14% of the population Europe Britain: 5.6% 16-59 53% over 75