Shanghai Daily

Shanghai opens first autonomous driving roads

- Zhu Yuting

A 21.5-KILOMETER-LONG section of the G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway and 19.5 kilometers of the G2 BeijingSha­nghai Highway in Jiading District, along with the 303 in-district roads totaling 500.6 kilometers, started to welcome self-driving cars earlier this month as the city announced its first batch of roads for autonomous driving.

On the open roads, driverless cars can automatica­lly alter their speed and direction, based on artificial intelligen­ce technologi­es and module analysis, and transport people along predetermi­ned routes.

The move is part of the city’s plan to develop an intelligen­t-linked transport system.

With automobile its key industry, Jiading has been striving to build a demonstrat­ion area for unpiloted driving in its Anting Town for years. A driverless demonstrat­ion and experience zone at the Anting Shanghai Internatio­nal Auto City was set up earlier last month, indicating that the era of genuine driverless cars has arrived.

Along with launching the unpiloted roads, Shanghai also released its measures and guidance for further developmen­t of the intelligen­t-linked transporta­tion system in the next three years through 2025.

According to the documents, the city is to create a smarter automobile industry with an intelligen­t operating system and an informatio­n exchange platform by using advanced telecommun­ication technologi­es.

Drivers or driving lovers in Shanghai are expected to enjoy more intelligen­t and convenient driving experience in the near future.

By 2025, Shanghai will have more than 800 kilometers of intelligen­t expressway­s and roads and 500-plus smart road junctions, as well as more than 100 smart public parking lots.

 ?? ?? Driverless vehicles are seen moving along the open roads for autonomous driving in Jiading. — Hu Xindong
Driverless vehicles are seen moving along the open roads for autonomous driving in Jiading. — Hu Xindong

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