The one-year pilot program for the shuttles cost the city about $100,000 with its partners fronting the rest of the bill, he said. The city has invested about $6 million toward The Curiosity Lab and all of its infrastructure, Branham said. The newer fleet of Olli shuttles allows for a smoother ride, said Mayor Mike Mason.Ī weekend route around Town Center and The Forum shopping center will be considered in the next few months if the shuttles prove to be successful, said Brandon Branham, assistant city manager and chief technology officer. The city welcomed driverless shuttles for the first time in late 2019, at which time an earlier version of Olli shuttles cruised through Technology Park until March 2020. The tech companies that set up shop in Peachtree Corners work with The Curiosity Lab, a publicly funded innovation center that allows companies to use the city’s infrastructure for testing and works with startups to develop up-and-coming technologies. Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home. Tele-operated scooters previously drove around the technology park, and the city owns a Ford Edge with self-driving capabilities. Contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 1060 Gaines School Road, Ste B-2, Athens, GA 30605, (706) 549-4893. Peachtree Corners, which formed in 2012 and positions itself as a “smart city,” has served as a testing ground for several other futuristic technologies over the last few years. He hailed the shuttles’ potential to fuel economic development and tackle transportation equity issues across metro Atlanta while being cost efficient. Jeff Parker, general manager and CEO at MARTA, said he plans to monitor the success of the shuttles. They can connect to other vehicles, traffic signals and crosswalks over 5G and stop in the event a pedestrian or vehicle is close to creating a collision. 17, of Norcross, along with Nicholas Evans, 17, and Khalil Miller, 18, both of Suwanee. The camera-equipped shuttles can communicate with one another and with their surroundings through “cellular vehicle-to-everything” technology. They each travel at approximately 12 mph and come equipped with wheelchair ramps. The Navya shuttles can fit up to eight passengers, while the shuttles made by Local Motors, known as Olli, can fit up to 10. But for the most part, the shuttles will drive and stop themselves. Operators from Beep, an autonomous mobility company, will ride in each of the shuttles in case it needs to be controlled manually with an Xbox video game controller.
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