Autonomous Shared Mobility-On-Demand: Melbourne Pilot Simulation Study

Authors: Hussein Dia and Farid Javanshour
Date published: May 2017
Research commissioned by: Swinburne University of Technology

Why did we select this research?

Feasibility of using agent-based simulation tools to model the impacts of shared autonomous vehicles.

Key findings:

• Incorporating shared autonomous cars can significantly reduce the total number of vehicles required to meet the transport needs of a community.
• Decreased the parking requirements which would free up this space for other purposes.
• Likely to be some negative impacts such as increased total km of travel, but these were less significant and can potentially be mitigated if all future self-driving vehicles are electric.

Reference

Dia, H., & Javanshour, F. (2017). Autonomous Shared Mobility-On-Demand: Melbourne Pilot Simulation Study. Transportation research procedia, 22, 285-296. Retrieved from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146517301709.