May 12, 2021

What’s the Connection Between the Wright Brothers and our AV business?

Our AVs don’t fly… “yet”, but we are excited to announce that we have launched a three-month autonomous vehicle pilot at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

The pilot launched at the end of April and is in partnership with TransLoc, a subsidiarity of Ford Mobility, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

This pilot marks the first autonomous vehicle to be used at any U.S. National Park. The AV will shuttle visitors between the Wright Brothers National Memorial Museum and the First Flight bronze sculpture.

The vehicle being used, the Connected Autonomous Shuttle Supporting Innovation (CASSI), was first introduced at the 2020 Transportation Summit in Raleigh and later piloted at North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus. During the testing period, a trained Transdev customer service operator will be onboard at all times.

The information collected during the pilot will help the national park service evaluate opportunities on how to potentially deploy similar AVs safely and effectively at other national parks across the country.

We can’t wait for the results of the exciting pilot.

Congratulations to Derrick Breun and his team in getting this project “off the ground.”

In Other News

Calling All Transdev Vets!

To recognize and thank our military veterans for their service and for choosing Transdev as their second career, we launched our Transdev Veterans Pin program last November. If you would like to participate, simply fill out our form to get your pin. Pins are distributed twice a year (November and May).

Women’s History Month: Thoughts from Norma Zamora

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Transdev checks off bucket list item for one lucky team member in a SUPER way!

Since Las Vegas was center stage for football’s biggest show last month, leading up to the game, the local team decided to take the opportunity to raffle a very special prize to one lucky employee as a thank you to our teams for their hard work and commitment throughout the year. Check out how it all worked out in the full story.