Inclusive mobility – Automated shuttle
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Today, 3.4 billion people live in rural areas – that’s over 40% of the world’s population. Although there are big differences between countries, with Asia and Africa pretty much out in front, the challenge of making mobility accessible to all is huge.
Many point to the risk of a two-speed dynamic as we develop and deploy new mobility solutions. On the one hand, densely populated well-connected areas are enjoying technical progress and gradually abandoning individual vehicles for shared forms of transportation, which are more environmentally friendly and economical for users. On the other, rural areas and small towns may seem, at times, condemned to rely almost exclusively on the car to get around.
Challenges and Opportunites
While initiatives are being developed in some regions, alternatives to the car in rural areas remain insufficient or non-existent.
This reality can generate a feeling of unfairness or of being forgotten. In reality, mobility in less densely populated areas is a powerful lever for local authorities to dynamize the surrounding area. It is crucial for economic development, social inclusion, access to employment and purchasing power.
We therefore urgently need to offer people living in rural and suburban areas new forms of mobility. While also expanding and improving the solutions already in place – and ensuring they are financially viable.
In practice
A Community of Interest, led by Macif, bringing together a dozen partners of all sizes and from all walks of life, some of them competitors but all united around a single leitmotiv: What if technological advances in automated driving were put to work to open up regions and make mobility more sustainable and inclusive?
After some exploration and experimentation, the Macif Community of Interest joined the RIMA project (Inclusive Automated Mobility Network). For the first time in France, 7 automated vehicles, including 4 with no on-board operator, will be deployed in the rural Crest & Val de Drôme area.
Today, still with the aim of demonstrating the concrete contribution of a shared and collective automated mobility service in outer regions, members are joining forces with the EHESS France-Japan Foundation to explore the acceptability of automated vehicles in Japan. While rural areas throughout the developed world are struggling to provide adequate public transportation for people, Japan, where this challenge is particularly acute, has paved the way for new solutions introducing autonomous buses or shuttles.
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We are therefore proud to announce our collective commitment throughout the year to achieving one goal: to help make the decarbonization of land transportation in Europe a success, in line with the objectives of the “Fit for 55” package by the year 2030 and in tune with the signing of the call for “Fossil-Free Transportation” initiated by our long-standing institutional partner SLOCAT.
Pease discover the themes we have together defined to meet this challenge, and for you, too, to collectively be a real part of it: Energy – Intermodality – Circular economy – Financing the transition – Inclusive mobility – Supporting the transition. – Sovereignty
These 7 themes are the starting point for our 2024 Communities of Interest, working groups that bring together various ecosystem stakeholders. They study the burning question of sustainable mobility, develop a common vision and jointly experiment with new solutions.
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