Flow Analytics by AGC is working with the KU Leuven Institute for Mobility to monitor De Lijn’s autonomous shuttle bus pilot in Leuven, Belgium. The project focuses on the area around the city’s main train and bus stations, where the shuttles share urban space with pedestrians and other road users.
Using LiDAR-based mobility analytics, our teams will track the shuttles’ movements and analyse how they interact with surrounding traffic. Beyond counting road users, the aim is to understand how their paths intersect and how they move in relation to one another during everyday journeys.
The station area provides a valuable setting for this work. Bringing autonomous shuttles into an active transport hub means operating in an environment where people walk to connections, cross streets and move alongside vehicles. Understanding these interactions is an important part of assessing how autonomous services fit into existing mobility networks.
As autonomous mobility moves beyond closed test environments, reliable data from real traffic conditions becomes essential. This monitoring project will help build a clearer picture of how the shuttles operate within Leuven’s urban environment and provide evidence to inform the evaluation of the pilot.
The installation was completed with technical support from De Lijn and Fluvius.
