Co-operative Mobility Systems and Automated Driving Roundtable
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The potential for car sharing and ride sharing to meet urban transport demand is attracting increasing attention. We might now be seeing the first waves of a radical change in the format of car use and ownership. Work should therefore be undertaken to analyse to which extent car sharing and/or ride sharing can be tools for reducing car ownership levels in urban areas and changing use of vehicles and road space.
In multi-modal journeys the last-mile is crucial. Lack of convenience and personal safety concerns for this trip segment often deter modal shift. Conventional public transport is in most cases unable to provide last-mile transport, particularly at low-demand times and low density locations. Here new trends and technologies, including shared mobility concepts and vehicle automation, have the potential to radically improve service provision, enabling a paradigm shift for urban mobility.
This ITF Roundtable covered the following specific issues:
- What vehicle automation concepts are being developed and how could car sharing, ride sharing, and other shared-mobility concepts make use of them?
- What kind of infrastructure modifications or restrictions on use by other types of vehicles will be needed to enable safe operation of vehicles without drivers?
- What short (2020) to medium-term (2030) future societal and economic factors and developments may have an effect on this?
- What is the relation of these services to existing public transport systems, and how should public authorities respond to them?
- How can these services (as part of a multi-modal system) bring maximum mobility benefits to end users at minimum cost?
- How does vehicle automation need to be regulated in order to promote safe operation of vehicles and systems?
- What types of cities are likely to be more or less successful in use of shared mobility and automated transport systems?