Project CAV Forth: An Autonomous Bus Service From Park & Ride Across Forth Bridge to Edinburgh Park Train & Tram Interchange. As part of Project CAVForth, the UKs first full-length level 4 AB service was launched on May 15, 2023. The trial was a new commercial service using buses with a capacity of 36 passengers, operated on a 22-kilometer inter-urban route connecting a public transport hub located on the outskirts of Edinburgh to a park and ride site north of the city, in Fife, UK. The bus travels at the same speed as conventional buses on the public road network, navigating through a combination of A-roads, motorways, bus lanes and private land. This study aimed to comprehensively measure the views of passengers after they had travelled on the CAVForth automated bus service.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

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