PILOT REGIONS
Real-world deployment in
4 pilot regions
Test operation starting end of 2027/early 2028 at the earliest
Upper Austria
Municipalities
Hagenberg/
Pregarten
The goal of the pilot region is to connect Pregarten railway station with selected locations – such as the Softwarepark in Hagenberg – through the use of a highly automated bus.
Participating stakeholders and supporters in the pilot region:
- Municipalities of Hagenberg and Pregarten
- Province of Upper Austria
- AK Upper Austria (Chamber of Labour)
- WK Upper Austria (Chamber of Commerce)
- Softwarepark Hagenberg
- Linz AG (Linz Linien and Linz Strom)
- City of Linz
The participating project partners are the Automobile Cluster of the Upper Austrian location agency Business Upper Austria, DigiTrans GmbH, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Software Competence Center Hagenberg (SCCH), KEBA, the Upper Austria Transport Association and Wilhelm Welser Verkehrsbetriebe.
The pilot region in Upper Austria is coordinated by the project partner DigiTrans GmbH under the leadership of Hannes Watzinger, in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria.
Tyrol
City of Innsbruck
The goal of the pilot region is to improve the public transport offering within the Rossau commercial area in Innsbruck through the use of a highly automated bus.
Participating stakeholders and supporters:
- City of Innsbruck
- Standortagentur Tirol (Tyrol location agency)
- WK Tyrol (Chamber of Commerce)
- QUAM (Rossau district management)
The participating project partners are eMobility Consult, DigiTrans GmbH, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, IVB and Virtual Vehicle.
The pilot region in Tyrol is coordinated by the project partner eMobility Consult under the leadership of Gerald Windisch, in cooperation with DigiTrans GmbH. The Innsbruck public transport operator (IVB), as the municipal mobility service provider, runs the bus.
Carinthia
Municipalities
St. Andrä/St. Paul
im Lavantal
The goal of the pilot regions is to strengthen the mobility connection to the station of the Koralmbahn railway – which entered service at the end of 2025 – at St. Paul im Lavanttal station in the AREA Süd. The surrounding residential and commercial areas are to be connected through the use of highly automated buses.
Participating stakeholders and supporters in the pilot region:
- Province of Carinthia
- Municipalities of St. Andrä im Lavanttal and St. Paul im Lavanttal
- WK Carinthia (Chamber of Commerce)
- AK Carinthia (Chamber of Labour)
- Kärnten Bus GmbH
- Carinthia Transport Association
The participating project partners are ALP.Lab, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Virtual Vehicle, the Graz Energy Agency and Bosch.
The pilot region in Carinthia is coordinated by the project partner ALP.Lab under the leadership of Darjan Kozic, in cooperation with the Graz Energy Agency and JOANNEUM RESEARCH.
Styria
Municipalities Deutschlandsberg/
Groß Sankt Florian
The goal of the pilot regions is to strengthen the mobility connection to the station of the Koralmbahn railway – which entered service at the end of 2025 – at the Weststeiermark station in the AREA Süd. The surrounding residential and commercial areas are to be connected through the use of highly automated buses.
Participating stakeholders and supporters in the pilot region:
- Province of Styria
- Municipalities of Deutschlandsberg and Groß Sankt Florian
- WK Styria (Chamber of Commerce)
- AK Styria (Chamber of Labour)
- AC Styria, Regional Management South-West Styria
- Holding Graz Kommunale Dienstleistungen GmbH
- Laßnitztal Entwicklungs GmbH
- Styrian Association of Municipalities
- Federation of Austrian Industries Styria
The participating project partners are ALP.Lab, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Virtual Vehicle, the Graz Energy Agency, Bosch, as well as Graz-Köflacher Bahn und Busbetrieb GmbH.
The pilot region in Styria is coordinated by the project partner ALP.Lab under the leadership of Darjan Kozic, in cooperation with the Graz Energy Agency and JOANNEUM RESEARCH.