Usage intention of automated vehicles amongst elderly in the Netherlands

Usage intention of automated vehicles amongst elderly in the Netherlands

Ingeveld, M.

van Arem, B. (mentor)
Milakis, D. (mentor)
Molin, E.J.E. (mentor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Transport & Planning

2017-05-02

With the aim of investigating the perception of elderly on two types of automated vehicle (owned and shared) this thesis research questioned 123 elderly respondents on their intention of using AV in the (near) future and what the main reasons for (not) using these technologies are. By using behavioral modeling and a modified UTAUT model the main characteristic of AV were evaluated to see which has the biggest positive or negative influence on the behavioral intention. The research results show that elderly in the Netherlands are largely positive towards AV and that there is a preference for the owned AV compared to the shared AV system. It is also revealed that there are significant differences in usage intention between different groups of elderly. This thesis contributes to the research done on the potential impacts of AV and shows that the suggested methods create a valid estimation of the usage intention of AV by elderly.

Automated vehicles
Elderly
Behavioral modeling
Acceptance
Structural equation modeling
UTAUT

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4a1fd8ba-3a5f-4d35-bcd9-f19a91f052ea

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2017 Ingeveld, M.