Anciaes, Paulo;
Chaniotakis, E;
Zhang, S;
Kuhn, T;
Farrow, L;
Gates, S;
Papanelopoulou, S;
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(2024)
Impact of self-driving vehicles on citizens and organisations in Europe.
MOVE2CCAM Consortium
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Abstract
This report analyses the perceptions of citizens and organisations in Europe about the impacts of self-driving vehicles. Data was captured through a variety of activities: For citizens, this included: 1) qualitative assessment of impact, through online and face-to-face discussions, 2) citizens’ feedback on a demonstration of passenger and freight self-driving vehicles, 3) virtual reality experiments, 4) results of an online pan-European survey, and 5) results of a survey on the impact of self-driving freight vehicles. Activities involving organisations included: 1) qualitative assessment of impact, through online and face-to-face discussions, 2) organisations’ feedback on a demonstration of a self-driving passenger vehicles, and 3) detailed case studies, based on in-depth interviews, of the impact of self-driving vehicles on 11 organisations. Opinions of citizens and organisations were mostly consistent. Self-driving vehicles can enhance mobility and improve travel reliability, but this may come at the expense of increased costs. Traffic levels will increase but congestion may not. Parking needs may not decrease. Current environmental problems will be reduced, but new ones will be created. There will be both job creation and job destruction and the net effect is uncertain. Large investments are needed to adapt the economy. Customers may dislike freight delivery solutions based on self-driving vehicles. Accessibility of some groups may increase but self-driving vehicles may not meet the needs of people with disabilities and create price and digital exclusion. The impact on travel stress is uncertain. Safety will improve but collisions will not be eliminated. The strongest concern for both among citizens and organisations is the security of both passengers and freight.
| Type: | Report |
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| Title: | Impact of self-driving vehicles on citizens and organisations in Europe |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://move2ccam.eu/index.php/resources/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Autonomous vehicles, focus groups, freigth transport, mobility, passenger transport, self-driving vehicles, surveys, virtual reality |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10203905 |
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