{"id":923,"date":"2016-07-20T19:49:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/?p=923"},"modified":"2016-07-20T19:49:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:49:02","slug":"mercedes-autonomous-future-bus-on-the-streets-of-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/mercedes-autonomous-future-bus-on-the-streets-of-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes&#8217; Autonomous Future Bus on the Streets of Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/468px-TransLink_Flag_Pole_Bus_Stop_Sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-767\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/468px-TransLink_Flag_Pole_Bus_Stop_Sign-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"468px-TransLink_Flag_Pole_Bus_Stop_Sign\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/468px-TransLink_Flag_Pole_Bus_Stop_Sign-234x300.jpg 234w, http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/468px-TransLink_Flag_Pole_Bus_Stop_Sign.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a>Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled its latest creation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Called the Future Bus, the vehicle is equipped with self-driving technology adapted for city use. The German automaker did more than just unveil the first autonomous city bus, it tested it in a real-life traffic situation. The Future Bus made a 12-mile trip from Amsterdam Airport\u00a0Schiphol to the nearby town Haarlem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bus is based on technology in the company&#8217;s self-driving truck and uses the latest autonomous driving system called CityPilot. Like Highway Pilot, the system used in Daimler\u2019s autonomous Actros truck, City Pilot, enables buses to drive semi-autonomously in specially marked bus lanes with a speed of 42 mph. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A driver is needed<\/a> on board to monitor the self-driving system that can be deactivated by a slight steer or touch of the break pedal, so Mercedes\u2019 technology won\u2019t put bus drivers out of work.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Future Bus is equipped with long- and short- range radar, satellite-controlled GPS navigation, cameras and sensors that were used in the\u00a0Future Truck 2025 Concept. The vehicle can communicate via Wi-Fi with the traffic lights to cross junctions, automatically stops at stations and passes through tunnels. The bus has an auto-break system that can recognize obstacles like pedestrians and other vehicles and avoid collisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colored strips of light on vehicle\u2019s exterior show the driving status of the bus- blue for automated and white for manual.\u00a0Inside, the bus has three zones \u2013 the front part is a service zone, there is an express zone in the middle which is for passengers traveling short distances, and a lounge zone at the back designed for long-distance travelers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Future Bus \u201cmakes public transport safer, more efficient and more productive,&#8221; says Wolfgang Bernhard, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG for Daimler Trucks and Buses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CityPilot technology will not be sent into production in its complete form. Instead, the company will implement portions of the system into its city buses, like halting at bus stops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled its latest creation. Called the Future Bus, the vehicle is equipped with self-driving technology adapted for city use. The German automaker did more than just unveil the first autonomous city bus, it tested it in a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/mercedes-autonomous-future-bus-on-the-streets-of-amsterdam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32],"tags":[90,58,25,10,18,50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":925,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}