At the Second Intelligent Transportation Shanghai Forum yesterday, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission announced the opening of the first batch of autonomous driving highways in Shanghai. The specific sections are a 21.5 km section of G1503 Ring Expressway and a 19.5 km section of G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway in Jiading District.
Currently, Jiading District of Shanghai has opened 500.6 km of road test mileage, including the 21.5 km section of G1503 Ring Expressway, the 19.5 km section of G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, and 459.6 km of urban roads. Up to now, a total of 926 roads and 1,800 km of test roads have been opened in Shanghai, covering 15,000 test scenarios.
In addition, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission also released the “Implementation Rules for the Demonstration Operation of Intelligent Connected Vehicles in Shanghai”, which clarifies the management mechanism and the responsibilities of third-party organizations around the current development of autonomous driving technology and the application of intelligent connected vehicles in Shanghai. It also determines the scope, path, process, conditions, and other aspects of applying to carry out pilot demonstration operations to provide specific operating guidelines for autonomous driving companies and enterprises.
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