Sharing roads with automated vehicles: A questionnaire investigation from drivers’, cyclists’ and pedestrians’ perspectives

Despite the promised benefits, the introduction of Automated Vehicles (AVs) on roads will be confronted by many challenges, including public readiness to use those vehicles and share the roads with them. The risk profile of road users is a key determinant of their safety on roads. However, the relation of such risk profiles to road users’...

Parking space for shared automated vehicles: How less can be more

With the anticipated introduction of self-driving vehicles, new challenges arise for urban transport- and planning authorities. This study contributes to the efforts of formulating the potential opportunities and threats stemming from the introduction of larger fleets of self-driving vehicles to our cities, and what action could be taken by...

Self-driving vehicles as public transport in Rotterdam

The development of self-driving vehicles is growing rapidly. The goal of this research is to investigate the possibilities of self-driving vehicles as public transport. Based on development, existing projects and existing public transport systems a suitable system of self-driving vehicles as public transport is determined. Rotterdam is used as a...