Could autonomous vehicles help cities tackle transport evils and accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility?: A guided tour of the social science literature for planners, urban innovators and decision makers

Ditte Bendix Lanng; Ida Bruun Hougaard; Hannah Villadsen

Could autonomous vehicles help cities tackle transport evils and accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility? A guided tour of the social science literature for planners, urban innovators and decision makers

Ditte Bendix Lanng^*, Ida Bruun Hougaard, Hannah Villadsen

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Abstract

Planners, urban innovators and decision makers across the world have begun to ask themselves the question: What might autonomous vehicles entail for cities and citizens? Concurrently, the same cities and professionals are struggling to determine viable paths to more sustainable urban transport.
Of the recent research on autonomous vehicles, only a small part is based on social science. Three-quarters of the research consists of contributions from mathematics, computer science and engineering. Although this research is groundbreaking and valuable, it has limited applicability in terms of guiding the policies that will address the mobility challenges of the future.
In order for planners and authorities to navigate the many uncertainties that arise in the encounter between a hypothetical disruptive technology and the complex material, economic and social considerations that characterize urban policies, social science is needed.
In this report, we try to summarize the main views and findings in the social science research on autonomous vehicles and their use in cities.

Original language	English

Place of Publication	Aalborg
Publisher	Department of Architecture, Design & Media Technology, Aalborg University
Number of pages	23
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2022

Series	Skriftserie: Arkitektur & Design (A&D Files)
Number	124
ISSN	1603-6204

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This document is an extract from a literature study and a discussion report that were prepared as part of the Interreg ART-FORUM project (Art-forum.eu).

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Art.Forum: Automated Road Transport for the North Sea Region
Lanng, D. B., Hougaard, I. B., Jensen, O. B., Uggerhøj, G. R., Borg, S. R. & Faris, A.
01/03/2019 → 01/10/2022
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Lanng, D. B., Hougaard, I. B., & Villadsen, H. (2022). Could autonomous vehicles help cities tackle transport evils and accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility? A guided tour of the social science literature for planners, urban innovators and decision makers. Department of Architecture, Design & Media Technology, Aalborg University. Skriftserie: Arkitektur & Design (A&D Files) No. 124

Lanng, Ditte Bendix ; Hougaard, Ida Bruun ; Villadsen, Hannah. / Could autonomous vehicles help cities tackle transport evils and accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility? A guided tour of the social science literature for planners, urban innovators and decision makers. Aalborg : Department of Architecture, Design & Media Technology, Aalborg University, 2022. 23 p. (Skriftserie: Arkitektur & Design (A&D Files); No. 124).

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