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>CAV Forth项目：一条从停车换乘(Park & Ride)点途经福斯桥(Forth Bridge)前往爱丁堡公园火车与电车换乘站的自动驾驶巴士服务线路。作为CAVForth项目的一部分，英国首个全长度四级自动驾驶(Level 4)巴士服务于2023年5月15日正式上线。 本次试运营为全新商业服务，采用载客量36人的巴士，运行于22公里的城际线路，连接爱丁堡市郊的公共交通枢纽与英国法夫郡境内、该市北部的停车换乘点。该巴士与公共道路网络中的常规巴士保持相同行驶速度，可在A级公路、高速公路、公交专用道及私有土地组成的混合路况中完成通行。 本研究旨在全面调研乘客在体验CAVForth自动驾驶巴士服务后的反馈与看法。 本项目将采用全长12米的单层巴士，搭载四级自动驾驶(Level 4)系统，可在各类天气条件下提供试点巴士服务，往返线路总长14英里，连接法夫郡与爱丁堡，途经福斯公路桥(Forth Road Bridge)。这项兼具创新性与挑战性的项目，将在联合国教科文组织世界遗产地展示英国领先的自动驾驶汽车(Autonomous Vehicle)技术，引发全球关注，同时助力英国企业将自动驾驶技术融入其全球产品与服务体系。 本项目由英国科技企业融合处理有限公司(Fusion Processing Ltd)牵头，联合英国交通领域多家顶尖机构共同开展：融合处理有限公司负责自动驾驶车辆技术；亚历山大·丹尼斯车辆有限公司(Alexander Dennis Vehicles Ltd)负责车辆制造；Stagecoach集团(Stagecoach Group plc)承担巴士服务运营与社会文化研究工作；苏格兰运输局(Transport Scotland)作为国家交通管理机构；纳皮尔大学(Napier University)负责调研广泛的社会视角；布里斯托机器人实验室(Bristol Robotics Laboratory)负责车辆仿真、验证、安全与合规性相关工作。