OPTIPEX

Start date: 1 May 2024

End date: 31 October 2027

Grant agreement ID: 101146513

The current global climate crisis and ongoing shift towards autonomous transport necessitate sustainable and passenger-centric public transport solutions. The goal of OptiPEx is to enhance of sense of comfort and safety of the passengers as well as the security and ease of traveling by co-creating ethical and passenger-aware public transport servicecs together with specific target user groups, such as wheelchair users, passengers with large objects, fragile passengers with limited mobility, tourists and students. To achieve this, OptiPEx is bulit on three fundamental development pillars: measurement, analytics and interaction. OptiPEx partners will develop perception technologies to measure passenger behaviour and situations. Trustworthy analytics in essential in recognising real-time passenger experiences and situations, enabling interaction with services and vehicles. Moreover, OptiPex partners will develop adaptive and interactive vehicle technologies and digital services in colaboration with target groups and suitable for various public transport modes. These services will optimise the onboard experience, promoting safety, inclusiveness and trust. Ultimately improved passengers satisfaction will drive the adoption of automated public transport technologies and improve the sustainability of mobility services via contribution to the modal shift. A developed solutions together with target groups and other stakeholders in three living labs. The consortium has leading expertise in human behaviour, user-centric design, vehicle technologies, modelling and data analysis, and adaptive and interactive services. The successful adoption of OptiPex results will be facilitated by efficient dissemination, communication, and exploitation activities in collaboration with the Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) partnership.