55 million to develop the public transport of the future

The European consortium ULTIMO, in which UNIGE participates, will test an autonomous and on-demand public transport service in three European cities, including Geneva. The ULTIMO consortium will build on the results of the AVENUE study , conducted between 2018 and 2022 by the University of Geneva on the site of the Belle-Idée Hospital (GE). It will deploy an autonomous shuttle service in three pilot cities in Europe. Olivier Zimmermann - Travelling the route of your choice 24 hours a day: autonomous public transport services - without drivers or other staff on board - have many advantages. But there are still major obstacles to their widespread deployment. Building on the work of the H2020 AVENUE consortium, which ran from 2018 to 2022, a new European consortium, in which the University of Geneva is actively involved, is taking the next step: the Horizon Europe ULTIMO project will develop an automated minibus service in three test cities in Europe, including Geneva. From 2025 - and for one year - fifteen driverless electric minibuses will be deployed in Geneva, within a perimeter yet to be defined.