Autonomous vehicles are at the heart of future mobility solutions. In the course of this, London-based design studio PriestmanGoode recently presented its concept vehicle for autonomous ride-hailing ‘New Car for London’.

The Cambridgeshire Metro was looking for an innovation and a new public transport future. And so, PriestmanGoode partnered with Dromos Technologies, Buro Happold and Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) and now unveiled its autonomous vehicle concept design for the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro (CAM). The conceptual design addresses vehicles, infrastructure, energy, environment, sustainability and system operations.

The presented concept showcases an innovative solution on how the Cambridgeshire Metro could look like in the future. Dromos is known for offering a paradigm shift away from traditional mass transit. And so is the solution for CAM, connecting rural villages, new towns and city centre not with large vessels carrying multiple passengers, rather with autonomous electric fit-for-purpose vehicles for a travel party up to four passengers. This in return means you do not have to travel with strangers and travelling from origin to destination is possible without stopping offering you a much quicker journey. It’s an on-demand service with less than two minutes response time, running 24/7, 365 days a year.

The solution by Dromos solves all challenges that traditional mass transit solutions have: being overcrowded at peak times and underused off-peak, being expensive to run, having a high environmental impact when empty and unnecessary stops between origin and destination increase journey times.

Find more information about Dromos and its solutions here.

“The Dromos concept is more than an innovative approach to mass transit for the Cambridgeshire region, it’s an opportunity to define what public transport could look like for cities all around the world. It’s a bold vision created by four leading experts in their fields, that outlines the possibilities of designing infrastructure that is efficient, fit for purpose and both human and planet centric.” – Kirsty Dias, Managing Director of PriestmanGoode

Pictures: Dromos Technologies / PriestmanGoode
Text: Britta Reineke