Mobility is changing. New types of mobility concepts are needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus mitigate climate change or to prevent the mobility sector from becoming overloaded. Individual mobility as we know it today will not exist in this form in the coming decades! In the literature, numerous concepts such as alternative drive concepts, ridehailing, ridepooling, car sharing, more attractive public transport, better cycling and walking infrastructure are listed for future mobility. What is missing are studies that prove the effectiveness, for example, in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions! Which concepts offer the highest potentials considering which parameters (acceptance, infrastructure, financing, etc.)? Which concepts offer the least? Do you know studies on this topic?
Hi David.
I know that in the Latin American case, work is being done to reduce motorization and make public transportation more efficient. Implementing route optimization algorithms and predictive models can make transportation routes more efficient and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The use of intelligent transport systems helps to improve these routes, and makes public transport more attractive.
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characteristics of the The Urban Mobility Concept (UMC )include its suitability for short distance travel, fold-up functionality, for easy transport by train and the possibility to use it on public roads (in contrast to current fold-up/compact solutions) This strategy is a key step for the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge, setting the direction for future work. It aims to ensure that there is clarity on the scale and impact of the changes that are occurring in mobility and how the Government intends to respond to them to maximise their benefits.
Motorized transportation contributes more to global warming than non-motorized transport, unless the motor fuel source is solar, wind or hydro-electric. For most of us, the question is not whether walking and cycling are better for the climate, but how to make them the "default" transportation mode. "Safe, convenient and affordable" are the key metrics in this regard. Focusing on "convenient" means that we need to change land use. Urban sprawl makes it difficult or impossible to bike, walk or use transit, creating auto dependency. Roadway and parking pricing mechanisms, property tax reform and zoning reform are all necessary to create more compact communities that have smaller environmental footprints and smaller budgetary demands for expensive infrastructure duplication.
This paper conducted a systematic review of various models of traffic impacts of AVs on travel behavior and land use in different approaches (; Agent-based-Model, Activity-based-Mode, Mode-Choice Model, etc).
I am interested in this summary;
private AVs – lead to increases in population in well-connected
distant suburbs and rural regions, i.e. a much more dispersed and scattered
urban growth pattern.
Meanwhile, SAVs in combination with a ridesharing scheme, or a more efficient public transportation system due to automatization (e.g. AV shuttles for the last mile) could lead to an increase in population in urban areas, i.e. population clustering in urban areas
pleach check;
Aggelos Soteropoulos, Martin Berger & Francesco Ciari (2019) Impacts of
automated vehicles on travel behaviour and land use: an international review of modelling studies,
Transport Reviews, 39:1, 29-49, DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2018.1523253
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