After nearly one year, the Bear Tracks Connected and Automated Vehicle demonstration project in White Bear Lake — known as Bear Tracks — has come to an end.
“Operations of the shuttle concluded because the manufacturer was purchased by another company and restructured,” according to Mike Greenbaum, executive director of Newtrax, one of the project partners. “The restructuring resulted in a lack of technical support needed to operate the shuttle.”
While Bear Tracks operations concluded prior to its planned end date, the pilot accomplished many of the project goals, Greenbaum noted. Some of these include testing operational functionality in a real-world setting and broad spectrum of weather conditions to ensure the technology is functional for Minnesotans; ensuring emerging technologies meet everyone’s needs through inclusive planning; and exposing the workforce of tomorrow to future career opportunities.
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