Transportation Planning/Modeling Implications and Infrastructure Needs Associated with Automated Vehicles

Draft breakout session on "Regional Planning and Modeling Implications of Driverless Cars", co-organized by Chandra Bhat and Charlie Howard, Automated Vehicles Symposium 2014, July 15-17, San Francisco, CA. Conference website: http://www.auvsi.org/avs2014/home/

Chandra Bhat's SXSW Interactive 2014 presentation slides, March 10, 2014, Hyatt Regency Austin: "Driverless Car - Implications for Travel Behavior"

Chandra Bhat's SXSW Interactive 2014 topic video: "Driverless Car - Implications for Travel Behavior"

Presentation by Chandra Bhat and Ram Pendyala at the Florida Automated Vehicles Summit, Tampa, FL, November 2013: "Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure Planning/Policy"

YouTube Videos:

Media Articles:

"Florida Automated Vehicles Summit", Driverless Transportation Blog, November 21, 2013
http://driverlesstransportation.com/tag/florida-automated-vehicle-summit/

"How Driverless Cars Could Change the Way We Travel", interview by Kate McGee, KUT News 90.5, March 10, 2014
http://kut.org/post/how-driverless-cars-could-change-way-we-travel
Radio Clip in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kutnews/how-driverless-cars-could

"Driverless cars may be an environmental disaster", The Week Magazine, Speed Reads, March 11, 2014
http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/257774/speedreads-driverless-cars-may-be-an-environmental-disaster

"Automakers say they'll begin selling cars that can drive themselves by the end of the decade", Miami Herald, Business Section, March 16, 2014
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/16/3998663/auto-makers-say-theyll-begin-selling.html

story also appeared in:

Insurancenewsnet.com, March 17, 2014, "Automakers say they'll begin selling cars that can drive themselves by the end of the decade"
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/03/17/automakers-say-theyll-begin-selling-cars-that-can-drive-themselves-by-the-end-o-a-475283.html#.U72v0BD5fEZ

Tampa Bay Times, March 21, 2014, "Automakers say self-driving cars are on the horizon"
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/autos/automakers-say-self-driving-cars-are-on-the-horizon/2171386

"The Environmental Impact of Driverless Cars", Not a Potted Plant Blog, Ordinary Times, March 18, 2014
http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/blog/2014/03/18/the-environmental-impact-of-driverless-cars

"A Prediction on the Future of the Connected Car", Tech Cocktail Austin, March 21, 2014
http://tech.co/chandra-bhat-driverless-vehicles-sxsw-2014-03

"We're on the road to a driverless future", Minnesota Daily, Opinion, Columns, April 28, 2014
http://www.mndaily.com/opinion/columns/2014/04/27/we%E2%80%99re-road-driverless-future

"Could driverless cars render public transit obsolete?", SmartPlanet, Transportation, Issue 17, May 2, 2014
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/the-report/could-driverless-cars-render-public-transit-obsolete/

"Look Ma, No Hands", Earth Talk, E-The Environmental Magazine, May 31, 2014
http://www.emagazine.com/earth-talk/look-ma-no-hands

story also appeared in:

Augusta Free Press, May 31, 2014, "Earth Talk: Driverless cars"
http://news360.com/article/241467461#

The Spectrum, June 2, 2014, "Driverless cars no longer a dream"
http://www.thespectrum.com/story/life/features/mesquite/2014/06/02/driverless-cars-longer-dream/9893921/

Texas News, June 3, 2014, "Driverless cars no longer a dream"
http://www.txnewsfeed.com/mesquite/driverless-cars-no-longer-a-dream/

Las Vegas Tribune, June 4, 2014, "A decade ago most of us wouldn't have dreamed we'd live to see driver-less cars"
http://lasvegastribune.net/decade-wouldnt-dreamed-wed-live-driverless-cars-whisking-people-changing-fast/

Poughkeepsie Journal, June 8, 2014, "Driverless cars could be good for environment"
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/06/08/earth-talk-valley/10031843/

 

Workshop 188: Activity-Travel Behavioral Impacts and Travel Demand Modeling Implications of Driverless Cars
93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
Sunday, January 12, 2014, 1:30PM - 4:30PM, Hilton, Columbia Hall 2; Chandra R. Bhat, presiding
Sponsored by: Transportation System Policy, Planning and Process (ADA00), Travel Analysis Methods (ADB00)

This workshop focused on the potential impact of driverless cars on human activity-travel decision making. How may our activity participation and activity-travel patterns change, and how may city designs and land use planning elements change to respond to changes in individual activity choices? The motivation for this workshop stems from the rather sparse attention on the urban activity-travel behavioral impacts of driverless car technology.

Introduction and Workshop Objectives (Chandra Bhat)

Setting the Stage

Panel Discussion: This panel will continue deliberations on the potential activity-travel and land-use impacts of driverless cars, from different viewpoints.

The Path Forward: This panel will discuss an approach to begin considering driverless vehicles (within the mix of vehicles on the roadways) in our modeling and planning processes. Moderator: Charles Howard