New urban planning challenges under emerging autonomous mobility: Evaluating backcasting scenarios and policies through an expert survey

S Nogués, E González-González, R Cordera - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The future implementation of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in cities can have significant
impacts, both positive and negative, on their sustainability. The objective of this research is …

Automated vehicles and the city of tomorrow: A backcasting approach

E González-González, S Nogués, D Stead - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The introduction of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) into cities may fundamentally
transform the design and use of cities. On one hand, AVs offer the potential to reduce the …

Back from the future. A backcasting on autonomous vehicles in the real city

L Staricco, EV Brovarone, J Scudellari - TeMA-Journal of Land Use …, 2020 - serena.unina.it
Backcasting is a scenario-building technique that can help decision-makers face uncertain
and complex dynamics. For this reason, backcasting is often mentioned as suitable to deal …

Autonomous mobility: A potential opportunity to reclaim public spaces for people

M Fayyaz, E González-González, S Nogués - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The advent of autonomous vehicles (AVs) has the potential to drastically change society and
the way we understand, plan and design cities and regions, just as automobiles did a …

Autonomous road vehicles: Challenges for urban planning in European cities

N Gavanas - Urban Science, 2019 - mdpi.com
Autonomous vehicles will significantly affect mobility conditions in the future. The changes in
mobility conditions are expected to have an impact on urban development and, more …

Toward policies to manage the impacts of autonomous vehicles on the city: a visioning exercise

L Staricco, V Rappazzo, J Scudellari… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
There is great uncertainty about the transition from human to autonomous driving vehicles
(AVs), as well as about the extent and direction of their potential impacts on the urban built …

Autonomous driving, the built environment and policy implications

E Fraedrich, D Heinrichs, FJ Bahamonde-Birke… - … research part A: policy …, 2019 - Elsevier
This article seeks to clarify how autonomous vehicles (AV) could affect urban planning and
the built environment, to what extent these effects are compatible with municipalities' existing …

Planning the transition to autonomous driving: A policy pathway towards urban liveability

EV Brovarone, J Scudellari, L Staricco - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are expected to flood urban roads in the next future. Despite the
optimism of the automotive industry and technology enthusiasts, AVs may have undesired …

Autonomous vehicle use and urban space transformation: A scenario building and analysing method

D Silva, D Földes, C Csiszár - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of autonomous vehicles (AVs) has the potential to transform users' behaviour and
urban space management. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of impacts require a …

The transition to autonomous cars, the redesign of cities and the future of urban sustainability

F Cugurullo, RA Acheampong, M Gueriau… - Urban …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Autonomous cars controlled by an artificial intelligence are increasingly being integrated in
the transport portfolio of cities, with strong repercussions for the design and sustainability of …