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Getting people out of their cars

2023-11-20
Should we make massive investments in regular public transportation, deploy thousands of on-demand driverless shuttles, or place our bets on increased usage of shared cars and scooters? We’re...
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News and highlights from Smart Expo in Barcelona

2023-11-17
Head of the Board Peter Eriksson och Program Director Malin Andersson joined the Smart City Expo world congress in Barcelona, together with the Nordic delegation. However a bit overwhelmed by the...
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The projects - the source that makes Drive Sweden into a knowledge node, part 1

2023-11-16
Every year, Drive Sweden co-finances around twenty projects. The project results contribute to building new knowledge, insights and solutions and open up collaborations that contribute to increase the...
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Delivery robots - a part of tomorrow's cities?

2023-10-25
The Helsingbotica project is a pre-study project, investigating both how to use delivery robots in Helsingborg, and finding new ways of collecting and sharing data on the walking and bicycling network...
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From Redesigning Streets to Building Utopian Cities

2023-10-24
Around the world, efforts are underway to transition into more sustainable urban mobility, primarily by reducing the number of private cars. One way to achieve this is by revising city policies...
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Ups and downs in the world of autonomous vehicles

2023-10-24
The world of self-driving vehicles continues to offer its stakeholders a cocktail of good and bad news, often because of – or thanks to – the regulation framework. Read more about what is happening...
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Predictive Traffic Safety from AI AWARE Accelerates in the US

2023-10-24
Connected solutions for increased traffic safety have been a recurring theme during Drive Sweden's first seven years. Through the project series AD AWARE, a variety of different solutions have been...
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Mixed signals about the micromobility industry

2023-09-26
It has been less than a month since the city of Paris’ implemented a ban of electric scooters owned by micro-mobility operators, which took place on September 1. So far, there haven't been many...
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Keep On Truckin'

2023-09-26
In the otherwise tech-friendly California the state's Senate recently passed a bill that effectively would ban driverless heavy trucks in the state, unless they carry a trained human safety operator...
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Watch films and presentations from Forum!

2023-09-14
The event included 18 project presentations, keynote speaker Olaf Sakkers who talked about mobility marketplaces in emerging markets and a deep-dive session on shared mobility and 20 exhibitors. Now...
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Ticket to ride – or not?

2023-08-24
Germany’s nationwide launch of a ticket that provides unlimited national travel on all city buses, subways and trams in every municipality for only €49 per month seems to be paying off.
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Stop & Go for robotaxis

2023-08-24
It’s been quite an eventful summer for the robotaxi industry, particularly in the US. On the one hand, many of the main actors have expanded their operations beyond their already proven environments.

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