Smart City Updates
Melbourne plans for “living transport lab” for connected vehicles
World’s first “living transport lab” is being designed by Canadian consultancy WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff in partnership with the University of Melbourne, government, and global industry partners. The connected transport laboratory would facilitate testing and implement emerging technologies at a large scale in complex urban environments. The idea is to generate a national connected multimodal transport (NCMT) test bed, through connected vehicles, roadways, city logistics, public transportation, pedestrians and cyclists. The test area is located on the fringe of Melbourne’s central business district including 7km of roadways. The test bed technology would serve as a foundation for innovation for ITS and smart cities, opines Scott Benjamin, technical executive at WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff.
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