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Smart Mobility Living Lab (SMLL) is a London-based real-world connected environment for testing and developing future transport and mobility solutions.

The locations of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford provide a complex uncontrolled testing environment, interacting with live traffic and other road users.  The testbed is designed to demonstrate and evaluate the use, performance, environmental impact, safety and benefits of connected and automated mobility technology and future transport services.  

London is the ultimate proving ground: its challenging layout and transport systems are representative of most features to be found in other towns and cities: if it works here, it will work anywhere.

Transport Research Laboratory & SMLL

The Smart Mobility Living Lab is the latest offering from TRL, responding to the needs of government, local agencies and entrepreneurs to forge a better future for transport in the UK. Covering the full spectrum of transport related questions, and focussed very much on new modes of personal mobility and greenhouse gas friendly methods of moving goods, SMLL is the place to come for practical technical assistance.

Decarbonisation of transport

It’s official: we can’t afford to wait. As the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions (GHE), transport needs to clean up. There are plenty of ideas and options. Making sure as a society we pick the right solutions and invest in the right changes are high stakes decisions. SMLL is equipped to support the data collection, analysis and impact assessment of new technologies and low carbon initiatives, as well as support organisations wishing to promote better behaviours and choices among their transport users.

safety, and consumer confidence

Safety isn’t an afterthought. Especially when it comes to vehicles without human drivers or anyone remotely in control, or strange new forms of power supply. Luckily, the UK is a global leader in road safety, and TRL has been at the heart of the issue since rules were first thought necessary. So it’s natural that the testbed run in London by SMLL puts safety at the core of its mission. But even the safest equipment can be shunned by the public, so SMLL was built to run trials with public participants as a means of encouraging the mass take-up of new mobility solutions.

 

cam testbed uk

SMLL is part of CAM Testbed UK, six core facilities within a three-hour drive offering a comprehensive set of capabilities for the testing and development of connected and automated mobility (CAM) technologies. Funded by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous  Vehicles and coordinated by Zenzic, CAM Testbed UK is able to offer interoperability to customers that is unrivalled worldwide.

Find out more at zenzic.io

SAFETY CASE FRAMEWORK

The CAM Testbed UK Safety Case Framework is a living document developed collaboratively by all the UK testbeds, orchestrated by Zenzic. The Framework applies a consistent and transparent methodology to the development of a safety case for a CAV trial.  This standardisation of risk management is a key enabler of interoperability, meaning that testing organisations can develop a safety case that is recognised by all UK testbeds.

 

the things we do…

Private R&D

Commercial customers need support to develop CAV and CAM products, undertaking longer term research to understand key principles for strategic decision-making and R&D.  

Take advantage of both the real-world London testbed at SMLL and its digital twin, to evolve your research and product development to full commercial viability.

shared research

Working alone, no individual company can answer all the questions surrounding the future of mobility. But in collaboration, leading organisations can deliver exciting intelligence and insight that benefits everyone. They can find answers faster, pooling their complementary knowledge and skills.

INNOVATION SUPPORT

Wherever you are in the development process, SMLL can support innovation in CAVs, components, infrastructure, technology and associated services.

Users of the testbed can make the jump from feasibility testing to market-ready operating models. Benefit from user participation, feedback, data analysis and collaboration with SMLL experts.

evidence for policy & standards development

Safety and ethical standards are key issues for future mobility solutions. SMLL offers data, testing, modelling and research expertise to establish effective new policies for a wide range of use cases.

consultancy

The journeymakers of the future are visionaries, specialists and commercial organisations with knowledge and ambition in their own fields. But there’s so much to take on board in this exciting and fast evolving new sector. Teams don’t always have the resources to employ their own experts in every aspect of CAV development. Consultancy services from TRL, DG Cities and LLDC can fill the gap.

The global directory
of Autonomy

Created by SMLL and April Six, the Directory maps the key OEMs and entrepreneurs involved in the creation of highly automated transport and personal mobility solutions around the world.

With its fresh approach to the classification of companies, it is a simple and accessible way to understand and follow the evolution of highly automated transport systems.

acknowledgements

SMLL was part funded by industry and the Government via the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and InnovateUK.  It was designed and built by a consortium comprising TRL, Cisco, DG Cities, London Legacy Development Corporation, Cubic, Loughborough University and Transport for London.  

Five years in the making and launched in 2020, today, it is fully owned and operated by TRL, with client services delivered in conjunction with DG Cities and LLDC.  

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SMLL is the world’s most advanced urban testbed of its kind for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs)