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New Jersey to Create the First Autonomous Vehicle-Based Urban Transit System in America

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Trenton NJ,  Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti today announced an Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the Trenton Mobility & Opportunity: Vehicles Equity System (MOVES) Project. Trenton MOVES will act to provide safe, equitable, affordable, and sustainable high-quality mobility through the deployment of 100 Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) throughout the state capital. This on-demand automated transit system will serve 90,000 residents of Trenton.

The Trenton MOVES (Mobility & Opportunity: Vehicles Equity System) project is being developed by the Governor’s Office, NJDOT, the City of Trenton, and Princeton University.

This will be the first large-scale urban transit system in America to be based entirely on self-driving shuttles. Each vehicle will carry four to eight passengers at a time. The AVs will be low cost to users in underserved neighborhoods. During the initial launch there will be in-vehicle attendants to demonstrate the safety and operational integrity of the service. Full deployment will occur after a detailed planning and testing phase. This new system will allow Trenton’s households (70% of which have limited access to a single automobile or no access at all) as well as traditional road users to get acclimated to the presence of AVs on the streets of the state capital.

NJDOT offers this Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) to help gather information from firms in the design, build-out and operation of a safe and equitable automated vehicle transportation system for Trenton. The deadline for the RFEI response is February 11, 2022. Following the solicitation of the RFEI, NJDOT may issue formal requests for Qualifications or Proposals. However, responses to the RFEI will not necessarily impact or be connected to any call for Proposals or Qualifications.

The deadline for the RFEI response is February 11, 2022.

Copy of Request for Expression of Interest

3 thoughts on “New Jersey to Create the First Autonomous Vehicle-Based Urban Transit System in America

  1. Yeah, that’ll work………………

    Will it also have autonomous assaults and robberies?

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  2. Frankly terrifying.

  3. This could be good for Robbinsville. The current Transit bus stops a too far for most of us disabled passengers to walk to. New Developments are popping up all over in the area and not everyone can afford a vehicle. Unfortunately New Jersey Transit has been uncooperative for some reason to help accommodate our communities Project Freedom’s to make the bus stops a little more closer and accessible. So this could be the answer that we’ve been waiting for.

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