Engineering Social Justice into Traffic Control for Self-Driving Vehicles?

Mladenović, Miloš N.; McPherson, Tristram

doi:10.1007/s11948-015-9690-9

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“…They found that the combined increase in travel demand from different social groups could result in a 14% increase in annual light-duty VMT for the US population. Finally, Mladenovic and McPherson (2016) analyzed the opportunities arising from vehicle automation to incorporate social justice in future traffic control systems in terms of efficiency and equal access.…”

Section: Assumptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy and society related implications of automated driving: A review of literature and directions for future research

Milakis

Arem

Wee

2017

Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems

706

383

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KEYWORDSautomated driving; first, second, and third order impacts; policy and societal implications; ripple effect ABSTRACTIn this paper, the potential effects of automated driving that are relevant to policy and society are explored, findings discussed in literature about those effects are reviewed and areas for future research are identified. The structure of our review is based on the ripple effect concept, which represents the implications of automated vehicles at three different stages: first-order (traffic, travel cost, and travel choices), second-order (vehicle ownership and sharing, location choices and land use, and transport infrastructure), and third-order (energy consumption, air pollution, safety, social equity, economy, and public health). Our review shows that first-order impacts on road capacity, fuel efficiency, emissions, and accidents risk are expected to be beneficial. The magnitude of these benefits will likely increase with the level of automation and cooperation and with the penetration rate of these systems. The synergistic effects between vehicle automation, sharing, and electrification can multiply these benefits. However, studies confirm that automated vehicles can induce additional travel demand because of more and longer vehicle trips. Potential land use changes have not been included in these estimations about excessive travel demand. Other third-order benefits on safety, economy, public health and social equity still remain unclear. Therefore, the balance between the short-term benefits and long-term impacts of vehicle automation remains an open question.

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Section: Assumptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy and society related implications of automated driving: A review of literature and directions for future research

Milakis

Arem

Wee

2017

Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems

706

383

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“…That is, AVs decision-making, will be previously introduced by someone, "many or all of those decisions will have to be programmed into the car," (Ong, 2017:p.36), therefore, we have the fundamental role of the engineering department, responsible for programming AVs and, consequently, its dissemination. Mladenovic and McPherson (2016) says that decision-making power should not be concentrated solely in a small group of experts, especially if financial interests have exclusive influence. This group should not have exclusive rights to decide on all the moral aspects of these machines behavior (Martin, 2016).…”

Section: Ethics/moral/liabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, we cannot eliminate the need for a public and democratic discussion of relevant societal values that technology shapes. As a result, it is necessary to engage in a transparent manner all relevant corporate groups in critical discussions and decision-making (Mladenovic & McPherson, 2016). Change is inescapable and not necessarily a bad thing in itself.…”

Section: Ethics/moral/liabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Management and business of autonomous vehicles: a systematic integrative bibliographic review

Cavazza

Gandia

Antonialli

et al. 2019

IJATM

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This paper aims at characterizing the Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) research field in the areas of management and business in its bibliometric context; identifying strategies, practices and management tools specified in the scope of the investigated publications; summarizing existing evidence, pointing to gaps within this study area. Methodologically, the research is characterized as qualitative and descriptive, drawn by a bibliometric review on the databases; ISI Web of Science, Scopus and Science Direct, followed by a systematic integrative bibliographic review. All the titles and abstracts of the identified articles were analyzed allowing for a research refinement, adopting the exclusion criteria for; a) duplicates; b) not obtained references; and c) misaligned references. The main results pointed out that, in the near future AVs will certainly be inserted in our society, however the way in which this innovation might be established is still surrounded by uncertainties, impacting directly on governments' lack of planning for such arrival (Guerra, 2016). The absence of work related to the business area can be a driving factor, considering that business models plays an extremely important role in the events that precede the AVs' advancement (Yun et al., 2016). Nevertheless, among the analyzed papers, a studies' trend is highlighted, especially in European countries (e. g. U.K. and Germany), related to AVs' business model of "car-sharing" (Zakharenko, 2016; Geldmacher, 2016); presenting such as a great substitute for traditional transportation models (cars, taxis and buses) (Enoch, 2015). In this way, it was observed a study gap related to business models and platforms, radical and responsible innovation theories, in order to minimize the risks, impacts and uncertainties of the eminent arrival of AVs and provide the necessary tools to guide governmental and organizational spheres.

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“…Social justice relates to the distribution of wealth and privileges in society, as well as issues related to poverty and development. There are a growing number of advocates that engineering social responsibility encompasses social justice issues, including engineering faculty in the US [64,65], Australia [66], Finland [67], and Colombia [68]. A group devoted to this issue, Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (ESJP), routinely hosts a conference.…”

Section: Social Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

Professional Social Responsibility in Engineering

Bielefeldt¹

2018

Social Responsibility

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This chapter presents a range of viewpoints on the social responsibilities of the engineering profession. These social responsibilities of the engineering profession are in many ways synonymous with macroethics. Analysis of the engineering codes of ethics and educational requirements are used to support these arguments, and are compared with the perceptions of engineering students and working engineers. The social responsibilities of engineers include human safety and environmental protection in engineering designs. But it may extend further to include pro bono work and considerations of social justice issues. Research has found that perceptions of the professional social responsibilities of engineers vary across different countries/cultures, engineering disciplines (e.g., mechanical versus environmental engineers) and by gender. The impact of engineering education and broader college experiences on evolving notions of professional social responsibility will be described, in particular community engagement. Concerns about decreasing commitment to socially responsible engineering among college students, a so-called "culture of disengagement" will be presented, as well of the interaction of students' social goals for engineering and leaving engineering studies.

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Engineering Social Justice into Traffic Control for Self-Driving Vehicles?

Cited by 40 publications

References 63 publications

Policy and society related implications of automated driving: A review of literature and directions for future research

Policy and society related implications of automated driving: A review of literature and directions for future research

Management and business of autonomous vehicles: a systematic integrative bibliographic review

Professional Social Responsibility in Engineering

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