Shared Autonomous Vehicles: Potentials for a Sustainable Mobility and Risks of Unintended Effects

12 pages•Published: May 10, 2018

Christina Pakusch, Gunnar Stevens and Paul Bossauer

Abstract

Automated and connected cars could significantly reduce congestion and emissions through a more efficient flow of traffic and a reduction in the number of vehicles. An increase in demand for driving with autonomous vehicles is also conceivable due to higher comfort and improved quality of time using driverless cars. So far, empirical evidence supporting this hypothesis is missing. To analyze the influence of autonomous driving on mobility behavior and to uncover user preferences, which serve as an indicator for future travel mode choices, we conducted an online survey with a paired comparison of current and future travel modes with 302 German participants. The results do not confirm the hypothesis that ownership will become an outdated model in the future. Instead they suggest that private cars, whether traditional or fully automated, will remain the preferred travel mode. At the same time, carsharing will benefit from full automation more than private cars. However, findings indicate that the growth of carsharing will mainly be at the expense of public transport, showing that more effort should be placed in making public transportation more attractive if sustainable mobility is to be developed.

Keyphrases: autonomous driving, car sharing, shared autonomous vehicles, sustainable mobility, travel mode choice

In: Birgit Penzenstadler, Steve Easterbrook, Colin Venters and Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed (editors). ICT4S2018. 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability, vol 52, pages 258-269.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/6LTq
	https://doi.org/10.29007/rg73

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ICT4S2018:Shared_Autonomous_Vehicles_Potentials,
  author    = {Christina Pakusch and Gunnar Stevens and Paul Bossauer},
  title     = {Shared Autonomous Vehicles:  Potentials for a Sustainable Mobility and Risks of Unintended Effects},
  booktitle = {ICT4S2018. 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability},
  editor    = {Birgit Penzenstadler and Steve Easterbrook and Colin Venters and Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Computing},
  volume    = {52},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-7340},
  url       = {/publications/paper/6LTq},
  doi       = {10.29007/rg73},
  pages     = {258-269},
  year      = {2018}}

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