{"id":16479,"date":"2017-01-12T23:40:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T07:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=16479"},"modified":"2017-01-13T00:02:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T08:02:43","slug":"downtown-las-vegas-self-driving-shuttle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/downtown-las-vegas-self-driving-shuttle\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Las Vegas Hosts Pilot Program for Self-Driving Shuttle"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Downtown Las Vegas is playing host to the first self-driving, autonomous shuttle to be deployed on a public roadway in the U.S. And it&rsquo;s adorable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16480\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-16480 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Driverless shuttle\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/driverless_shuttle3.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Driving&nbsp;is so 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The autonomous shuttle will take guests up and down Fremont Street, between Flippin&rsquo; Good Burgers &amp; Shakes and the Downtown Container Park for a couple of weeks. It&rsquo;s free, and it&rsquo;s fun.<\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re not familiar with the Fremont East district, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BCNt54kUh7s\" target=\"_blank\">we&rsquo;ve got this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s a video we shot of the driverless vehicle, including a couple of times&nbsp;when we foolishly jumped in front of the thing. Somebody had to.<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-gmycokwlxam\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer 'none';autoplay 'none';camera 'none';ch-ua 'none';clipboard-read 'none';clipboard-write;display-capture 'none';encrypted-media 'none';gamepad 'none';geolocation 'none';gyroscope 'none';hid 'none';identity-credentials-get 'none';idle-detection 'none';keyboard-map 'none';local-fonts 'none';magnetometer 'none';microphone 'none';midi 'none';payment 'none';picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create 'none';publickey-credentials-get 'none';screen-wake-lock 'none';serial 'none';sync-xhr;usb 'none';window-management 'none';xr-spatial-tracking 'none';\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-gmycokwlxam\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gmYcoKWlxAM?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gmYcoKWlxAM?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.casino.org\\\/vitalvegas\\\/downtown-las-vegas-self-driving-shuttle\\\/#arve-youtube-gmycokwlxam\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/gmYcoKWlxAM?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The shuttle&rsquo;s pilot program in downtown Las Vegas is a partnership between the&nbsp;City of Las Vegas and two companies, Navya (the tech company that developed the&nbsp;shuttle) and Keolis (a public transportation company that sounds like a character&nbsp;from &ldquo;Lord of the Rings&rdquo;).<\/p>\n<p>The first of such self-driving shuttles debuted in the streets of Sion, Switzerland in 2015. This is much more exciting, because Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16481\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-16481 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Self-driving shuttle Las Vegas\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/driverless_shuttle2.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clean, spacious and welcoming. So, the opposite of existing public transportation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The shuttle is battery-operated and can carry about 15 people (four standing),&nbsp;and there&rsquo;s an attendant from Navya onboard at all times. The vehicle&rsquo;s top speed is 28 m.p.h., but operates at 15 m.p.h. So, yeah, sit back and enjoy the three minute ride.<\/p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t worry about motion sickness on a self-driving shuttle, as that would require motion. We kid. There are occasionally sudden stops, so we recommend you make the trip sitting down.<\/p>\n<p>The self-driving shuttles rely on advanced technology to work safely, including something called &ldquo;LIDAR.&rdquo; LIDAR stands for &ldquo;Light Detection and Ranging,&rdquo; although it would be much funnier if it stood for &ldquo;the means through which your significant other can tell if you&rsquo;re cheating on them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16482\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-16482 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Autonomous vehicle Fremont Street\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/driverless_shuttle4.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pick-ups and drop-offs happen at these signs, which you&rsquo;ll get to know intimately if you&rsquo;re someone who texts while they walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The public will be able to ride the free shuttle through Jan. 20, 2017. It operates from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>One would hope the courtship between Navya and the City of Las Vegas will flourish to the point where driverless shuttles could zig-zag throughout downtown, perhaps even extending their reach to The Strip. This, of course, involves a significant investment in infrastructure, so it&rsquo;ll never happen. Which thrills the pigeons no end.<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s cross our fingers, though, fellow autonomous vehicle nerds.<\/p>\n<p>If you get a chance to ride on the self-driving shuttle on Fremont Street, we&rsquo;d love to hear about your experience. Because we&rsquo;re very familiar with self-driving, if you get our drift.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown Las Vegas is playing host to the first self-driving, autonomous shuttle to be deployed on a public roadway in the U.S. And it&rsquo;s adorable. The autonomous shuttle will take guests up and down Fremont Street, between Flippin&rsquo; Good Burgers &amp; Shakes and the Downtown Container Park for a couple of weeks. 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