Demand-oriented mobility solutions for rural areas using autonomous vehicles

Mörner, Moritz von

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“…2020). Akin to current transportation modes, we can expect AVs to interact with urban wildlife and—as their deployment expands beyond cities and into suburban or rural ecosystems (von Mörner 2019), or through naturalized or protected areas (Phillips et al . 2020; Eskandarian et al .…”

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Emerging opportunities for wildlife conservation with sustainable autonomous transportation

Silva,

Calabrese

2023

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are expected to play a key role in the future of transportation, and to introduce a disruptive yet potentially beneficial change for wildlife–vehicle interactions. However, this assumption has not been critically examined, and reducing the number of wildlife–vehicle collisions (WVCs) may be beyond current technological capabilities. Here, we introduce a conceptual framework encompassing the intersection between AV technology and wildlife conservation to reduce WVCs. Our proposed framework integrates the development of robust warning systems and animal detection methods for AV systems, and the incorporation of wildlife–vehicle interactions into decision‐making algorithms. With large‐scale AV deployment a looming reality, it is vital to incorporate conservation and sustainability into the societal, ethical, and legal implications of AV technology. We intend our framework to help ecologists and conservationists foster the necessary interdisciplinary collaborations with AV developers and policy makers to reduce WVCs and concomitant biodiversity loss.

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Emerging opportunities for wildlife conservation with sustainable autonomous transportation

Silva,

Calabrese

2023

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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“…This task requires a proactive and adaptive approach here and now, at the early stages of AV development [1,28]. Akin to current transportation modes, we can expect AVs (at all automation levels) to interact with urban wildlife and, as their deployment expands beyond cities and into suburban or rural ecosystems [29,30], or through naturalized or protected areas [21,31], with less urban-adapted species. Wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) are the second-largest source of anthropogenic mortality for many animal species [32], and the most conspicuous environmental effect of linear infrastructures (Box 2).…”

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Emerging opportunities for wildlife with sustainable autonomous transportation

Silva¹,

Calabrese²

2021

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Autonomous vehicles (AV) are expected to play a key role in the future of transportation, introducing a disruptive yet potentially beneficial change for vehicle-wildlife interactions. However, this assumption has not been critically examined. Here, we introduce a new conceptual framework covering the intersection between AV technological innovation and wildlife conservation to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. We suggest future research within this framework to focus on developing robust warning systems and animal detection methods for AV systems, and to incorporate wildlife-vehicle interactions into decision-making algorithms. With large-scale deployment a looming reality, it is vital to incorporate conservation and sustainability into the societal, ethical, and legal implications of AV technology. We appeal for further debate and interdisciplinary collaborations between scientists, developers, and policymakers.

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“…At the same time, massive investments in ride-sourcing services to the detriment of public transport (PT) could increase accessibility in high-demand areas, but be harmful to low-demand zones [7,8]. On the other hand, the development of affordable ride-sourcing schemes combined with improved PT could increase the accessibility of social groups relying on PT, as well as provide low-demand areas with more competitive services (e.g., [9,10]). In fact, this is the well-known social and spatial diffusion model.…”

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Implications of Autonomous Vehicles for Accessibility and Transport Equity: A Framework Based on Literature

2021

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Increasing accessibility and balancing its distribution across space and social groups are two fundamental goals to make transport more sustainable and equitable. In the next decades, autonomous vehicles (AVs) could significantly transform the transport system, influencing accessibility and transport equity. In particular, depending on the assumed features of AVs (e.g., private or collective) and the considered spatial, social, and regulative context (e.g., rural or urban areas), impacts may be very different. Nevertheless, research in this field is still limited, and the relationship between AV assumptions and accessibility impacts is still partially unclear. This paper aims to provide a framework of the key and emerging aspects related to the implications of AVs for accessibility and transport equity. To set this framework, we perform an analysis of the scientific literature based on a conceptual model describing the implications of AVs for the distribution of accessibility across space and social groups. We recognize four main expected impacts of AVs on accessibility: (1) accessibility polarization, (2) accessibility sprawl, (3) exacerbation of social accessibility inequities, and (4) alleviation of social accessibility inequities. These impacts are described and analyzed in relation to the main AV assumptions expected to trigger them through different mechanisms. Based on the results, some recommendations for future studies intending to focus on the relation between AVs, accessibility, and transport equity are provided.

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Demand-oriented mobility solutions for rural areas using autonomous vehicles

Cited by 13 publications

References 4 publications

Emerging opportunities for wildlife conservation with sustainable autonomous transportation

Emerging opportunities for wildlife conservation with sustainable autonomous transportation

Emerging opportunities for wildlife with sustainable autonomous transportation

Implications of Autonomous Vehicles for Accessibility and Transport Equity: A Framework Based on Literature

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