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DESCRIPTION:Microvehicles can move people in the city as fast as cars or bu
 ses\, but use an order of magnitude less energy. A self-driving taxi weigh
 ing less than the riders could form the backbone of an urban transportatio
 n system. No one knows how long it will take to realize this dream by deve
 loping artificial intelligence that is better than human drivers. In the m
 eantime\, we propose keeping the bus driver\, but replacing the vehicle wi
 th a road train of fully-automated\, electric two-person vehicles. At a bu
 s stop\, riders would select a destination\, pay their fare\, and board th
 eir own pod. The pod will accelerate to join onto the road train as it pas
 ses\; thus\, the bus never needs to stop for passengers. All vehicles woul
 d be small enough that a standard traffic lane can be divided into two hal
 f-lanes\, leaving an outer through lane and an inner accelerate/decelerate
  lane. Less energy means smaller batteries that can be easily swapped and 
 do not need a new charging infrastructure.\n\nSpeaker(s): Tyler Folsom\, \
 n\nAgenda: \nTalk Starts at 6 PM\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.or
 g/m/283546
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/283546
ORGANIZER:c.jackson@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Improved Bus Service on Ten Times less Energy
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/283546
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Microvehicles can move people in the city 
 as fast as cars or buses\, but use an order of magnitude less energy. A se
 lf-driving taxi weighing less than the riders could form the backbone of a
 n urban transportation system. No one knows how long it will take to reali
 ze this dream by developing artificial intelligence that is better than hu
 man drivers. In the meantime\, we propose keeping the bus driver\, but rep
 lacing the vehicle with a road train of fully-automated\, electric two-per
 son vehicles. At a bus stop\, riders would select a destination\, pay thei
 r fare\, and board their own pod. The pod will accelerate to join onto the
  road train as it passes\; thus\, the bus never needs to stop for passenge
 rs. All vehicles would be small enough that a standard traffic lane can be
  divided into two half-lanes\, leaving an outer through lane and an inner 
 accelerate/decelerate lane. Less energy means smaller batteries that can b
 e easily swapped and do not need a new charging infrastructure.&nbsp\;</p>
 <br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Talk Starts at 6 PM</p>
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