The company said the agreement is aimed at combining advanced autonomous-driving technology with existing public transit operating experience to improve Busan’s autonomous public transportation services and build a cooperative framework to respond to future mobility needs.
Under the deal, the two sides plan to cooperate on autonomous-driving demonstrations, joint research based on operational data, joint participation in pilot and demonstration projects, and the creation and operation of a working consultative body.
Autonomous A2Z signed a separate MOU in September last year with the Seoul Special City Bus Transport Business Association and related organizations on “K-autonomous driving shared growth.” Last month, it also signed an agreement with the Korea National Federation of Taxi Transport Associations, expanding efforts to build a “Korean-style autonomous driving” ecosystem across public transportation, including buses and taxis. The company said it has accumulated demonstration experience in 13 cities and provinces nationwide, including Seoul, Sejong, Daegu and Anyang.
“Autonomous driving technology is not meant to replace existing public transportation, but to work with various modes of mobility, including buses and taxis, to make urban mobility services more efficient as future social infrastructure,” Han said. He added that the company will use its technology and operating experience built in Seoul and other cities to develop an autonomous service model in Busan that works in step with public transportation.
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