Increasing accessibility and balancing its distribution across space and social groups are
two fundamental goals to make transport more sustainable and equitable. In the next …

Background This paper provides insight into the opportunity offered by shared autonomous
vehicles (SAVs) to improve urban populations' spatial equity in accessibility. It provides a …

Autonomous vehicles are expected to offer a higher comfort of traveling at lower prices and
at the same time to increase road capacity-a pattern recalling the rise of the private car and …

In this paper, possible accessibility impacts of fully automated vehicles (AVs) are explored. A
conceptual framework for those impacts is developed based on the model of four …

Several mobility-related issues persist in and around urban areas. Autonomous vehicles
promise substantial environmental, safety, and economic benefits but may also cause …

The emergence of fully Automated Vehicles (AVs) is expected to occur in the next 10 to 30
years. The uncertainties related to AVs pose a series of questions about what the societal …

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) may improve or harm social equity for disadvantaged groups.
Government agencies, planning organizations, businesses, and nonprofits have drafted or …

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) aim to improve safety and comfort of road users while
contributing to the reduction of traffic congestion, air pollution, fuel consumption, and …

As an emerging technology, vehicle automation will have profound impacts on various
aspects of society. Although recent studies have examined the impacts of the proliferation of …

The advent of road transport automation is suggested to be one of four key technological
transitions that could amount to a major transformation in mobility practices. Specifically, fully …