Director of DSAT has a trial ride and discussion of the applications of autonomous driving bus in Macao
交通事務局局長首乘澳大自駕巴士，共同拓展未來自動駕駛技術的應用

The Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) of the University of Macau (UM) has been made fruitful achievements in scientific research in recent years. Since the launch of ‘Autonomous Driving Bus Testing Platform’ in October, many students and professors were eager to get a glimpse of the bus. Today (24 Nov), FST has invited the Director of Transport Bureau (DSAT) to have a trial ride of the autonomous driving bus. The trial ride has offered an opportunity for relevant departments to review the autonomous driving technology, laws and transportation policies, and discuss the feasibility of expanding this technology into public transport services in the future, so as to promote the development of industry-university-research and stimulate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

Intelligent transport represents the future of the automotive industry, with the continuous advancement of autonomous driving technology in Macao, it could be applied into the improvement of the traffic conditions in Macao in the near future. This autonomous driving project successfully uses Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Processing, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing and other technologies to collect road information (such as traffic signals, pedestrians and vehicles on the road), so the bus can run safely and reliably. The bus has successfully integrated into the environment to form an efficient transportation system of ‘people- vehicles-roads’.  This trial ride has accelerated the discussion about self-driving technology, such as examining the feasibility of current technology in Macao, applying the technology to more public services, and using big data, cloud computing to accelerate the realization of traffic planning and the development of Macao as a smart city.

澳門大學科技學院近年在科研路上穩步前進，碩果累累，繼早前 “澳門自動駕駛巴士測試平台”啟動後，一眾師生皆想爭先一睹自動駕駛巴士的風彩或親身體驗。澳門交通事務局局長林衍新等今天（24日）也前來試乘自動駕駛巴士，期望與有關部門共同檢視自駕技術及制度和交通政策，一同探討未來拓展公共運輸服務的可行性，為推動產學研發展及激發科技成果轉化邁進一步。

現時自動駕駛已趨向世界性潮流，隨著本澳自駕技術不斷進步，未來或可在澳門落地使用，有效改善交通道路狀況。是次自動駕駛項目成功利用人工智能、大數據處理、物聯網、雲計算等多種技術收集道路訊息（如交通信號、路上行人及車輛），令巴士可安全可靠地行駛，使其與環境聯成一體，形成“人、車、路”高效運行的交通體系。本次體驗活動成功促進相關領域人士對自駕技術的討論，如檢視目前技術在澳門的可行性、如何拓展到更多公共服務上以及利用大數據、雲計算等技術加快實現交通規劃及交通實時，共同構建澳門智慧城市。