Fleischer, Torsten

Puhe, Maike

Schippl, Jens

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Should city officials take a different perspective on the deployment of autonomous vehicles? Insights from population surveys in Germany

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Torsten Fleischer, KIT-ITASMaike Puhe, KIT-ITASJens Schippl, KIT-ITASShould city officials take a different perspective on the deployment of autonomous vehicles? Insights from population surveys in Germany.Background• Advocates for autonomous vehicles (AV) offer ample ideas and promises how they could improve public transport and contribute to achieving sustainability goals• Majority of studies on deployment, diffusion and acceptance of AVs in public transport focuses on new on-demand mobility services (mini-shuttles, robotaxis) in metropolitan environments• High hopes, high complexity, few experiences, some problematic trade-offsSome current limitations / blindspots• Focus on deployment of vehicles, not on system building for mobility services (depot management, remote supervision, roadside assistance/teleoperation, customer needs, service launch)• More conservative innovation strategies and behaviors only occasionally mapped, e.g.: • potential of automating familiar means of public transport (e.g. electric  BRT/BHNS), • better understanding of reasons for non-use or rejection of certain forms of mobility services (usage complexity)• application experiences and mobility needs in different, less dense settlement structures• mobility requirements in urban-periurban links EvidenceExcerpts from representative population survey in Germany• on mobility behavior, mobility needs and autonomous driving, attitudes towards technology (and, of course, sociodemographics). • German-speaking resident population in private households aged 16 and older (N = 1,507) • conducted in November / December 2022 in a mixed-mode design (CATI/CAWI)Two questions re adoption• When you think about autonomous vehicles, which of the following options would be most suitable for your everyday life?• Now imagine that a transport company in your area offers a new local bus route on which autonomous mini-buses are used. Which of the following statements is most likely to apply to you? Most suitable mobility optionMost suitable mobility optionMost suitable mobility optionSubjective urbanizationMost suitable mobility optionInhabitants at place of residenceWillingness to use autonomous minibusNow imagine that a transport company in your area offers a new local bus route on which autonomous mini-buses are used. Which of the following statements is most likely to apply to you? Willingness to use autonomous minibusWillingness to use autonomous minibusInhabitants at place of residenceBuying a personal autonomous car?Please imagine that in the near future it will be possible for private customers to purchase autonomous passenger vehicles, i.e. vehicles that do not require a human driver and therefore no pedal or steering wheel. Which of the following statements is most likely to apply to you?To summarize• Attitudes towards (new) technologies and mobility expectations (pragmatic and normative) need to be disentangled.• Younger men with higher education are most interested in purchasing or using AVs – also most relevant group in modes of active transportation• AVs as inclusion option for elderly might prove to be a demanding task → Challenge for deployment strategies and policy communication• Substantial wait-and-see groups in both adoption scenarios, but much larger for private than public. Advantage? Rebounds?• Smaller groups of habitual non-users and automation sceptics. Learnings?• Familiarity with service perpetuates in AV scenarios.→ Better empirical research. Learning, correctable diffusion strategies. RWL Thank you foryour attention!For more information:Torsten Fleischer, Maike Puhe, Jens SchipplKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) First Name.Last Name ∂ kit.edu

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Should city officials take a different perspective on the deployment of autonomous vehicles? Insights from population surveys in Germany

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