Ben Clark Ben4.Clark@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Transport Planning and Engineering
The potential impact of autonomous vehicles on transport systems and society: A review and future prospects
Clark, Ben; Parkhurst, Graham; Ricci, Miriam
Authors
Professor Graham Parkhurst Graham.Parkhurst@uwe.ac.uk
Research Centre Dir-Transport/ Professor
Dr Miriam Ricci Miriam.Ricci@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
Abstract
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are generating high-profile policy interest due to the potential for ‘disruptive’ influence on transport systems and wider society. The paper places AV technology in a historical context, through an annotated timeline of development to date. Prospects for further technological development and market adoption are then examined through an analysis informed by theories of socio-technical change (multi-level perspective; technology acceptance model); ii.) the application of these theoretical perspectives to understanding historic transport system transitions and; iii.) a review of AV representation within professional bodies and AV public perception studies.
This review is used to identify and justify two competing but plausible operating scenarios for AVs. The first sees AVs as supporting ‘business-as-usual’, with road transport remaining an essentially private ‘owner-user’ set of practices, with more cars and traffic resulting from the removal of constraints on who can use vehicles and when. The other presents AVs as a key element in achieving ‘collective efficiency’ in the use of transport assets, with different and emerging ownership and use models.
Citation
Clark, B., Parkhurst, G., & Ricci, M. (2016, January). The potential impact of autonomous vehicles on transport systems and society: A review and future prospects. Paper presented at 48th Universities' Transport Studies Group Conference, Bristol, UK
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (unpublished) |
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Conference Name | 48th Universities' Transport Studies Group Conference |
Conference Location | Bristol, UK |
Start Date | Jan 6, 2016 |
End Date | Jan 8, 2016 |
Acceptance Date | Nov 15, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jun 8, 2016 |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | autonomous vehicles, driverless cars, transport policy, socioeconomic effects, environmental effects |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/917919 |
Additional Information | Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : 48th Universities' Transport Studies Group Conference |
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