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Rescuing Transport from Inequities: How Can Automated and Connected Transport Contribute to a More Inclusive Transport System?

Eda Beyazit (University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, United Kingdom)
Emily Soh (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)
Karel Martens (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)

Sustainable Automated and Connected Transport

ISBN: 978-1-80382-350-8, eISBN: 978-1-80382-349-2

Publication date: 4 June 2024

Abstract

The massive investment in, and development of, automated and connected transport (ACT) technology development has triggered much debate about this breakthrough technology’s potential positive and negative impacts. Multiple studies have explored the potential direct implications for users in terms of road safety, ‘productive’ travel time, mobility of the elderly and physically less mobile persons, as well as indirect impacts such as reduced emissions and freed road space. Through a critical review of the literature on ACT deployment types and discussions with an expert working group on the wider impacts of ACT implementation, this chapter examines four distinct deployment types of ACT technology and their opportunities and threats in transitioning toward inclusive transport systems. Of the four types, we posit that ACT-based public transport has the greatest potential to contribute to a more inclusive mobility future. Examining the case of Singapore using policy documents, academic literature and interviews with representatives of public and private sectors and academia, the chapter draws policy recommendations for governance toward more inclusive ACT innovation and deployment.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

This chapter is in part based on the extensive discussions within Working Group 2 (WG2) of WISE-ACT (EU COST Action CA16222). A more elaborate discussion of the relationship between ACT and inclusion is available in Martens et al. (2021). This chapter has especially benefitted from the inputs from WG2 members Bert van Wee, Milos Mladenovic, and Dimitrios Milakis, as well as from the editors of this book. We also want to thank Einav Henenson for her research support. The responsibility for any mistakes in the chapter remains solely with the authors.

Citation

Beyazit, E., Soh, E. and Martens, K. (2024), "Rescuing Transport from Inequities: How Can Automated and Connected Transport Contribute to a More Inclusive Transport System?", Thomopoulos, N., Attard, M. and Shiftan, Y. (Ed.) Sustainable Automated and Connected Transport (Transport and Sustainability, Vol. 19), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 139-159. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120240000019008

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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