<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/BE84D6F9-736C-44DC-8F79-2433A50BA3CA" ns1:id="BE84D6F9-736C-44DC-8F79-2433A50BA3CA"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/EDF311E4-6B5D-43BC-94BD-3BCA36F0DDD9" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/F03E4A91-F0FD-4A0E-9BCE-BCC3C1C06AF4" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9C7F6F79-C23E-4E08-AE3B-EAA0DD1EB3DC" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/3D13087B-08E1-4967-910A-EDA15F861787" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/CE545469-A59F-4D04-AD8A-96102A9621CA" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/197F6C97-DFA4-4559-9092-77EED95183D0" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/F03E4A91-F0FD-4A0E-9BCE-BCC3C1C06AF4" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/7655FD85-78DC-4472-B57B-344DC7AFA85E" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/40B0A2F3-F632-4366-84A2-2DF8FD6931BE" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2023-08-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/2BB6BF0F-27E0-41A4-AF1A-AF34141FA2FB" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2019-03-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">105089</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Project CAV Forth: An Autonomous Bus Service From Park &amp;amp; Ride Across Forth Bridge to Edinburgh Park Train &amp;amp; Tram Interchange</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>&amp;quot;This project will use full size, 12m, single deck buses operating at Level 4 autonomy, providing a pilot bus service, in all weathers, using a 14 mile each way route between Fife and Edinburgh including crossing the Forth Road Bridge.

This exciting and challenging project will provide a world leading demonstration of UK autonomous vehicle capability at a UNESCO heritage site with resultant global interest, and help UK companies introduce AV tech to their world-wide products and services.

The project is led by UK technology company Fusion Processing Ltd and comprises leading UK organisations active in the transport sector:

Fusion Processing Ltd: Autonomous vehicle technology 

Alexander Dennis: Vehicles Ltd:

Stagecoach Group plc - Bus Service Operator and Societal Research

Transport Scotland: National transport agency

Napier University: Measurement of wider society viewpoint

Bristol Robotics Laboratory: Vehicle simulation, validation, safety, 
and compliance</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>