Public Perception of Driverless Trains

Fraszczyk, Anna; Brown, Philip M.; Duan, Suyi

doi:10.1007/s40864-015-0019-4

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“…In contrast, autonomous cars will, in theory, be moving amongst other road users along public routes, thus their interactions with people will be, and may be perceived to be, more complex. Some surveys have been conducted in recent years on the public's perception of autonomous cars, but have typically focused on people as users that does (Fraszczyk et al, 2015) found that the majority of participants were not worried about using a driverless train. This generally positive attitude is reflected in other, non-scientific collections of public opinion (e.g.…”

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Perceptions of autonomous vehicles: Relationships with road users, risk, gender and age

2018

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Fully automated self-driving cars, with expected benefits including improved road safety, are closer to becoming a reality. Thus, attention has turned to gauging public perceptions of these autonomous vehicles. To date, surveys have focused on the public as potential passengers of autonomous cars, overlooking other road users who would interact with them. Comparisons with perceptions of other existing vehicles are also lacking. This study surveyed almost 1,000 participants on their perceptions, particularly with regards to safety and acceptance of autonomous vehicles. Overall, results revealed that autonomous cars were perceived as a "somewhat low risk" form of transport and, while concerns existed, there was little opposition to the prospect of their use on public roads. However, compared to human-operated cars, autonomous cars were perceived differently depending on the road user perspective: more risky when a passenger yet less risky when a pedestrian. Autonomous cars were also perceived as more risky than existing autonomous trains. Gender, age and risk-taking had varied relationships with the perceived risk of different vehicle types and general attitudes towards autonomous cars. For instance, males and younger adults displayed greater acceptance.Whilst their adoption of this autonomous technology would seem societally beneficial -due to these groups' greater propensity for taking road user risks, behaviours linked with poorer road safetyother results suggested it might be premature to draw conclusions on risk-taking and user acceptance. Future studies should therefore continue to investigate people's perceptions from multiple perspectives, taking into account various road user viewpoints and individual characteristics.of such vehicles (Bansal et al., 2016;JD Power, 2013;Kyriakidis et al., 2015;Schoettle and Sivak, 2014;Smith, 2016). Perceptions from an external point of view, e.g. as pedestrians in an area with autonomous cars, have received little attention to date. Likewise, there has been little attempt to compare perceptions of autonomous cars with perceptions of other, existing vehicles. This paper reports findings of a survey with participants resident in the UK investigating perceptions of autonomous cars, particularly with regards to road safety and acceptance. Perceptions are compared in relation to road users (i.e. pedestrians as well as occupants of both human-operated and autonomous vehicles), risk (taking and perception), and participant gender and age. Road safetyThe act of driving is complex. Several motor and cognitive tasks must be performed, sometimes in quick succession, sometimes simultaneously, with drivers having to interact with and react to a variety of vehicular parameters, motorist and pedestrian behaviours, all in varying weather, lighting and road surface conditions. Due to these challenges, it is perhaps not surprising that things can go wrong, and the cost when it does is high. Each year, around the world, approximately 1.25 million people are killed and a further 20 to 50 mill...

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Perceptions of autonomous vehicles: Relationships with road users, risk, gender and age

2018

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“…As an outcome a number of papers with students' input have been written and published in scientific journals or presented at conferences (e.g. Fraszczyk et al, 2015a;Fraszczyk et al, 2015b;Fraszczyk et al, 2016). While being on a placement, students apply their Maths knowledge, but also improve their rail competences and soft skills, including teamwork and work ethics.…”

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Rail Marketing, Jobs and Public Engagement

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Amirault

Маринов

2017

Sustainable Rail Transport

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The chapter briefly explains the marketing mix in a rail context and then discusses marketing strategies to promote rail from two perspectives. Firstly, rail is perceived as a transport service offered to potential users and various marketing tools are used to maximise rail companies' profit. Secondly rail is seen as a career path and variety of marketing, skills training and public engagement actions are targeting potential talents, already within the industry as well as those beyond the railway sector. The pool of talented individuals includes students, graduates, academics and professionals who are exposed to recruitment and retention activities of the railway sector. Various activities and projects run by the rail industry, targeting audience at school, university, professional and general public's levels, are presented with their success stories as well as challenges some of the initiatives faced. Also, results of a survey focusing on skills and jobs for rail (and transport sector) of the future are presented and commented on.

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“…The costs of the control and safety systems are higher when human drivers are no longer present, and can prevent the viability of a given project. In addition, the opposition of some passengers and staff to automation can also be a formidable obstacle [30,31]. The following sub-sections consider these benefits and obstacles in more detail in the context of the Tyne and Wear Metro case study.…”

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“…Public attitudes towards driverless operation are currently mixed [31], with some passengers worried about the safety of trains controlled automatically and without direct human supervision. Removing potential human errors, together with the additional safety measures highlighted in Sect.…”

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Potential Benefits and Obstacles of Implementing Driverless Train Operation on the Tyne and Wear Metro: A Simulation Exercise

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Metro systems around the world have many differences in their design and operation, one aspect of which is the level of automation. The most advanced technology available allows for unattended train operation with no staff on-board, which can bring a number of benefits. As a result, this is becoming increasingly common for new-build metro systems (such as the Dubai Metro), as well as for upgrades of traditional driver-led systems (such as Paris Métro Line 1). This paper uses the Tyne and Wear Metro as a case study to highlight the potential benefits and obstacles of implementing driverless trains on an existing metro system. This investigation has two parts: a review of the challenges of implementing increasing levels of automation for the existing Metro infrastructure and a simulation exercise to compare automatic train operation with manual driving on the core section of the Metro network. The results of the simulation exercise show that significant increases in the capacity of the Tyne and Wear Metro system are possible when automatic train operation is implemented in conjunction with resignalling. However, low adhesion conditions represent a significant risk to achieving this capacity increase reliably, and additional measures to mitigate low adhesion conditions would be required. The study also discusses the infrastructure upgrades required to convert an existing system to unattended train operation. The most significant obstacle for the Metro is that it mostly runs at ground level, with some sections shared with main line services. The costs associated with securing the tracks and ensuring compatibility with main line trains mean that the Metro is not a particularly promising application for driverless train operation at this time. Nonetheless, the issues discussed in the paper are very much relevant for other metro systems, and the methodology of this study is easily transferrable.

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Public Perception of Driverless Trains

Cited by 29 publications

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Perceptions of autonomous vehicles: Relationships with road users, risk, gender and age

Perceptions of autonomous vehicles: Relationships with road users, risk, gender and age

Rail Marketing, Jobs and Public Engagement

Potential Benefits and Obstacles of Implementing Driverless Train Operation on the Tyne and Wear Metro: A Simulation Exercise

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