 Getting automated mobility on its own track: An economist’s perspectiveResearch in Transportation Economics, 2024, vol. 108, issue C Abstract: This paper discusses the prerequisites that may be necessary to achieve fully automated ground transportation. Automated vehicles do not mix well with human members of traffic and are more effective within an autonomous transit network (ATN) fully isolated from street level. Network effects imply that such network, if not connected to traditional roads, will be unsuccessful in its early stages. This paper argues for dual-mode vehicles, automated on ATN and human-driven on traditional roads. It is further argued that vehicle sharing is a useful first step that makes automation easier to achieve; a number of technological, management, and regulatory innovations that promote sharing are discussed. Automated freight transportation is also discussed; automation is predicted to result in large number of small freight vehicles. The resulting congestion and its management will further contribute to the growth of ATN. Keywords: Automated vehicle; Transit network; Shared vehicle; Network effect; Freight transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:retrec:v:108:y:2024:i:c:s0739885924000854 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2024.101490 Access Statistics for this article Research in Transportation Economics is currently edited by M. Dresner More articles in Research in Transportation Economics from Elsevier |
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