The 29th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS World Congress) opened at Suzhou International Expo Centre苏州国际博览中心 16th October early morning.
As one of the most influential worldwide seminar on intelligent transport, the ITS Globe Congress is the highest-level and largest system of presenting advanced transportation modern technologies and items. Suzhou is the second city in China to hold the Congress. This year’s Congress received a total of 9,170 applications from 38 nations and areas, 8,254 of which were effectively registered.
The event will last via this Friday. Experts, scholars and specialists from all over the world will certainly hold discussions and sharing sessions on 8 subjects: “sustainability and change of transport”, “cooperative independent transport”, “intelligent and electronic transportation infrastructure”, “thorough transportation system”, “improving services through advanced modern technologies”, “future advancement of intelligent city and transportation sector”, “prices and management of transportation solution demands”, and “policies, criteria and sychronisation”.
The occasion includes an opening event, a closing event, minister-level round-table meetings, mayor-level round-table conferences and over 120 academic conferences. Furthermore, there are nine outside demonstration jobs, nine technical go to paths, a 15,000-square-meter outdoor demo location, and a 22,000-square-meter event location. Of note, the outdoor presentation location will include a series of sensible and ingenious products such as flying vehicles, intelligent examinations on bridges, and unmanned aerial lorries for cleaning.
It deserves keeping in mind that during the Congress, people can have a free ride of the driverless taxi Robotaxi by making reservations by means of the main application MaaS. The Robotaxi, running from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., runs between Suzhou International Expo Centre and the Gate of the Orient. One trip takes about 15 mins.
Suzhou has actually grown into a significant commercial cluster of the web of lorries in China. Since this August, there were almost 450 business related to the internet of lorries in the city, consisting of 197 high-tech business, 10 listed firms and 5 noted on the Science and Modern Technology Advancement Board. Suzhou has actually been enhancing, combining, and expanding commercial chains, which currently cover over 30 fields consisting of independent driving algorithms, optical laser radar, high-accuracy maps and sophisticated assisted driving.
As one of important end results of the Congress, a clever expressway started running in Xiangcheng District, Suzhou on October 12. A section of the wise expressway, covering 6.5 km, was made for self-driving automobiles of high automation, also called degree 4 independent driving, where an unmanned vehicle can perform all driving functions except in specific conditions, said Suzhou’s transport department. It kept in mind in the area’s demo examination that a 49-tonne unmanned truck from Suzhou-based Zhijia Modern Technology Co., Ltd. did well in recognizing barriers, moving vehicles, and reverse automobiles, and completed driving habits, consisting of ramp entry, lane adjustment, and surpassing.