CATS is a collaborative European project promoting driverless vehicles that ended in
December 2014. This contribution explains how the project evolved, including the handling …

The technological development towards automated road transport is fast. It is expected that
automated and autonomous vehicles will fundamentally change the mobility of people and …

Rationale: Increasing digitalization and automation is expected to significantly change the
transport system, mobility and settlement structures. Till a decade ago automated, self …

The recent attention given to automated vehicles suggests that self-driving vehicles or
driverless cars are about to become reality in the near, if not very near, future. While …

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are moving from test areas to the streets, which is one of the key
components of smart cities and the future of mobility as a service (MaaS). In 2020, two AV …

An important problem for surface transport is road traffic congestion, which is ubiquitous and
difficult to mitigate. Accordingly, a question for policymakers is the possible impact on …

City, traffic and mobility of people and goods–three closely linked factors shaping the
development of todays society: The availability and use of different means of transport has …

In recent years, the interest of car manufacturers in the development of self-driving vehicles
has grown, and automated vehicles are expected to circulate in increasing numbers in the …

This paper presents the goals of the German TEMPUS research project in and around the
city of Munich and describes the test field that is being created as part of it. The project will …

The findings in this paper show the big potential contributions of automated cars to
improvements of the ecologic situation and social inclusion in the mobility market. These …