@article{ref1,
title="Autonomous vehicles: who will use them, and will they share?",
journal="Transportation planning and technology",
year="2020",
author="Clayton, William and Paddeu, Daniela and Parkhurst, Graham and Parkin, John",
volume="43",
number="4",
pages="343-364",
abstract="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 Automated Vehicles (AVs) might replace the current private car owner user model with fleets of on-demand synchronously-shared automated taxis. However, significant barriers to this vision becoming the norm remain. This paper examines two critical user-acceptance aspects of the transition: willingness to adopt AVs, and willingness to share an AV with others, particularly strangers. Our novel survey (n = 899) included a choice experiment featuring four future full automation transport services (private, synchronously/asynchronously shared, and public). Cluster analysis examined respondents' preferences and their demographic and psycho-social characteristics. We uncover significant uncertainty about willingness to adopt automation and sharing, and important differences between clusters within our sample. For example, under 50% of participants report willingness to use an AV over their normal mode, or would prefer an automated option to a current human-driven option. Our findings raise critical questions for policymakers and transport authorities. Not least, how can AV technologies help realise the environmental and social benefits of widespread vehicle sharing in a context of a travelling public that still prefers its privacy on-the-move?<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0308-1060",
doi="10.1080/03081060.2020.1747200",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2020.1747200"
}