Automated Bus Service: Onboard Passenger Survey: Metadata and Documentation, 2023

Project CAV Forth: An Autonomous Bus Service From Park & Ride Across Forth Bridge to Edinburgh Park Train & Tram Interchange. As part of Project CAVForth, the UKs first full-length level 4 AB service was launched on May 15, 2023.

The trial was a new commercial service using buses with a capacity of 36 passengers, operated on a 22-kilometer inter-urban route connecting a public transport hub located on the outskirts of Edinburgh to a park and ride site north of the city, in Fife, UK. The bus travels at the same speed as conventional buses on the public road network, navigating through a combination of A-roads, motorways, bus lanes and private land.

This study aimed to comprehensively measure the views of passengers after they had travelled on the CAVForth automated bus service.<p>This project will use full size, 12m, single deck buses operating at Level 4 autonomy, providing a pilot bus service, in all weathers, using a 14 mile each way route between Fife and Edinburgh including crossing the Forth Road Bridge. This exciting and challenging project will provide a world leading demonstration of UK autonomous vehicle capability at a UNESCO heritage site with resultant global interest, and help UK companies introduce AV tech to their world-wide products and services. The project is led by UK technology company Fusion Processing Ltd and comprises leading UK organisations active in the transport sector: Fusion Processing Ltd: Autonomous vehicle technology, Alexander Dennis: Vehicles Ltd:, Stagecoach Group plc - Bus Service Operator and Societal Research, Transport Scotland: National transport agency, Napier University: Measurement of wider society viewpoint, Bristol Robotics Laboratory: Vehicle simulation, validation, safety, and compliance</p>