BOCA RATON, November 14, 2022 (Globe Newswire) — Guident Corp. (“Guident”) has been selected by Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) to provide an autonomous shuttle service for a 2.1-mile fixed route with eleven stops within BRiC and connecting to the Boca Raton Tri-Rail station, the most frequented station in South Florida.
LOS ANGELES, September 22, 2022 — Beep Inc., a provider of multi-passenger, autonomous electric mobility solutions, today announced its induction into the ITS World Congress Hall of Fame as the winner of the 2022 Industry Award for the Americas. The award, announced at the annual ITS World Congress event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, recognizes Beep’s continued expansion of its autonomous mobility network in Lake Nona, a 17-square mile master-planned community and advanced district within the City of Orlando, Florida.
Orlando Business Journal, April 7, 2020
One week after Jacksonville Transportation Authority asked Beep Inc. if it could help one of Florida’s top hospitals fight the spread of coronavirus, its self-driving vehicles were deployed.
Jacksonville Business Journal, April 2, 2020
The routes will be isolated from traffic, pedestrians and staff and will be closely monitored.
The Gainesville Sun, February 3, 2020
A long-awaited pilot project launched Monday in Gainesville — but this time there is no pilot. The University of Florida and the Florida Department of Transportation have partnered to bring the first autonomous vehicle to the city of Gainesville. Community members were invited to a Monday morning ribbon-cutting ceremony and an inaugural test ride of the shuttle, running between the Southwest Third Street parking garage to Innovation Square near Southwest Second Avenue.
WUSF, January 2, 2020
We’ve heard it for years: driverless cars are the way of the future. But there’s lots of work to be done before self-driving cars rule the road. Students and faculty at Florida Polytechnic University are trying to solve one of the trickiest problems: how to make a machine driver think like a human, but better.
The Florida Times Union, December 27, 2019
Elected leaders in Florida want to make this state the most aggressive in the nation for welcoming autonomous vehicles. This will require some major changes in road design and regulations. But probably the biggest change will be in our state of mind. There is a reluctance to turn over the wheel to a mechanical brain, yet statistics show that most crashes are caused by human error, not breakdowns in the vehicles.
Florida Politics, December 5, 2019
The Florida Chamber of Commerce announced Thursday that HNTB Corporation Vice President Beth Kigel will chair its Autonomous Florida Program. As chair, Kigel will work closely with Autonomous Florida Director Christopher Emmanuel and business leaders from across Florida in advocating to make Florida’s business climate ready for the autonomous revolution and the technology development that comes with it.
“Beth brings a wealth of transportation systems expertise to Autonomous Florida. As a champion of Florida’s infrastructure, her collaborative spirit will help ensure Florida becomes the most autonomous-friendly state,” Emmanuel said.
Governening, November 21, 2019
Florida is on the road to an era of driverless cars with its good weather, popularity as a tourist destination, and demographics. That’s the assessment of two advocates of the technology — one a Palm Beach consultant and the other a state senator from St. Petersburg who says Florida is already a leader in the push toward autonomous vehicles.
Government Technology, November 20, 2019
Florida is on the road to an era of driverless cars with its good weather, popularity as a tourist destination, and demographics. That’s the assessment of two advocates of the technology — one a Palm Beach consultant and the other a state senator from St. Petersburg who says Florida is already a leader in the push toward autonomous vehicles.
