Policy Implications of Autonomous Vehicles

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Policy Implications of Autonomous Vehicles, Volume Five in the Advances in Transport Policy and Planning series systematically reviews policy relevant implications of AVs and the associated possible policy responses, and discusses future avenues for policy making and research. It comprises 13 chapters discussing: (a) short-term implications of AVs for traffic flow, human-automated bus systems interaction, cyber-security and safety, cybersecurity certification and auditing, non-commuting journeys; (b) long-term implications of AVs for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and energy, health and well-being, data protection, ethics, governance; (c) implications of AVs for the maritime industry and urban deliveries; and (d) overall synthesis and conclusions.

1. Factors affecting traffic flow efficiency implications of connected and autonomous vehicles: A review and policy recommendations
Santhanakrishnan Narayanan, Emmanouil Chaniotakis and Constantinos Antoniou
2. Automated bus systems in Europe: A systematic review of passenger experience and road user interaction
Daniël D. Heikoop, J. Pablo Nuñez Velasco, Reanne Boersma, Torkel Bjørnskau and Marjan P. Hagenzieker
3. Cyber security and its impact on CAV safety: Overview, policy needs and challenges
Christos Katrakazas, Athanasios Theofilatos, George Papastefanatos, Jérôme Härri and Constantinos Antoniou
4. Cybersecurity certification and auditing of automotive industry
Tomás J. Mateo Sanguino, José M. Lozano Domínguez and Patrícia de Carvalho Baptista
5. The wider use of autonomous vehicles in non-commuting journeys
Simon Kimber, Lauren Siegel, Scott Cohen and Nikolas Thomopoulos
6. Policy implications of the potential carbon dioxide (CO2) emission and energy impacts of highly automated vehicles
Jan Anne Annema
7. Potential health and well-being implications of autonomous vehicles
Patrick A. Singleton, Jonas De Vos, Eva Heinen and Baiba Pudane
8. Data protection in a GDPR era: An international comparison of implications for autonomous vehicles
Federico Costantini, Nikolas Thomopoulos, Fabro Steibel, Angela Curl, Giuseppe Lugano and Tatiana Kováciková
9. Ethical issues concerning automated vehicles and their implications for transport
Ebru Dogan, Federico Costantini and Rémy Le Boennec
10. Governance cultures and sociotechnical imaginaries of self-driving vehicle technology: Comparative analysis of Finland, UK and Germany
Miloš N. Mladenovic, Dominic Stead, Dimitris Milakis, Kate Pangbourn and Moshe Givoni
11. Wider implications of autonomous vessels for the maritime industry: Mapping the unprecedented challenges
Hadi Ghaderi
12. The potential for automation to transform urban deliveries: Drivers, barriers and policy priorities
Daniela Paddeu and Graham Parkhurst
13. Overall synthesis and conclusions
Bert van Wee, Dimitris Milakis and Nikolas Thomopoulos

The book will be attractive to advanced students, researchers, policy makers and technology developers

  • Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
  • Presents the latest release in the Advances in Transport Policy and Planning series
  • Updated release includes the latest information on the policy implications of autonomous vehicles