Technology evaluations of personal mobility vehicles in Tsukuba-city mobility robot designated zone — An experimental approach for personal mobility for sharing

Many researchers have been seeking ways to solve traffic problems. Also, some countries, especially Japan, will face an unprecedented situation, with fewer children and an aging society. Thus, new eco-friendly and universal mobility are expected. In order to evaluate new mobility and transportation system, it is necessary to perform experiments under real world condition as a pilot study. We performed technology evaluations and demonstration experiments for personal mobility with Tsukuba city, which is a local city in Japan. In this paper, one of the experiments is explained. We proposed a personal mobility sharing system using two kinds of two-wheel and self-balancing vehicles. The proposed experiment is one of the pilot programs, and its result is valuable for evaluating the social receptivity, safety, and efficiency of a mobility sharing system. These experimental data are utilized to construct simulation model on transportation study for the purpose of exploring the capability of these kinds of system as a future transportation.