Premises for the Future Deployment of Automated and Connected Transport in Romania Considering Citizens’ Perceptions and Attitudes towards Automated Vehicles

Liliana Andrei, Mihaela Hermina Negulescu and Oana Luca
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Liliana Andrei: Faculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering, 020396 Bucharest, Romania
Mihaela Hermina Negulescu: Faculty of Urban Planning, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, 010014 Bucharest, Romania
Oana Luca: Faculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering, 020396 Bucharest, Romania

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-23

Abstract: This paper is an initial exploratory study that provides recommendations for the sustainable development of future automated and connected transport (ACT) systems in Romania. To achieve this, our paper investigates the different factors that influence mobility behaviour related to ACT systems through two different themes. The first part analyses (i) the strategic framework that is relevant to future ACT deployment and (ii) the spatial development patterns of large cities in Romania that might influence future mobility behaviour based on ACT systems. We presumed, and the study confirmed, that there is currently a poor focus on ACT systems in strategic documents and that the current spatial patterns show some premises for unsustainable mobility behaviour based on ACT systems. The second part describes the results of our analysis on the WISE-ACT survey deployed in Romania. We explored how informed Romanian citizens are about AVs; whether they are ready to use them; and what perceptions, concerns, and attitudes might influence their mobility behaviour when using ACT systems. The present analysis mainly shows that the perceptions of Romanian citizens are widely similar to those of citizens from other countries and that, for Romania, the orientation towards unsustainable forms of individual travel is maintained in terms of the future use of AVs. The recommendations that are presented here primarily address the spatial and attitudinal factors that have been identified as prerequisites for unsustainable future mobility behaviour linked to ACT systems.

Keywords: automated and connected transport (ACT); sustainable mobility; statistical research; automated vehicles (AVs); citizens’ perception and attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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