Using Repeated-Measurement Stated Preference Data to Investigate Users’ Attitudes Towards Automated Buses Within Major Facilities

Alessandrini, Adriano; Site, Paolo Delle; Stam, Daniele; Gatta, Valerio; Marcucci, Edoardo; Zhang, Q.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48944-5_18

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“…Past findings on the relative preferences for self-driving vehicles over other modes offer inconclusive and sometimes contradictory results: people were found to prefer selfdriving busses over conventional minibuses [10], but also have shown to prefer the conventional car and bus over a self-driving vehicle as egress mode [5] and rather choose their usual (non-automated) mode over a self-driving vehicle for their reference trip [3]. Looking a bit more into detail into the preferences towards automated vehicles, it has been reported that young people, in particular men and people with a positive attitude towards environmental concerns, tend to be more favourable towards self-driving vehicles [1], [3], [7], [8], [11]- [14].…”

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confidence: 97%

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Taking The Self-Driving Bus: A Passenger Choice Experiment

Winter

Wien

Molin

et al. 2019

2019 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS)

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At the brink of the introduction of self-driving vehicles, only little is known about how potential users perceive them. This is especially true for self-driving vehicles deployed in public transport services. In this study, the relative preferences for a trip with a self-driving bus is assessed compared to a trip with a regular bus, based on a stated preference experiment. Based on the responses of 282 respondents from the Netherlands and Germany, a discrete choice model is estimated as a Mixed Logit model including attitudes towards trust in self-driving vehicles and interest in technology. The results show that currently public transport passengers prefer the self-driving bus over the regular bus only for short trips. This is due to the finding that the value of travel time is about twice as high for the self-driving bus as for the regular bus for a short commuting trip. Findings from this study further suggest that the popularity of self-driving busses decreases with the presence of a human steward on-board, or if they are operated as a demand-responsive service with fixed routes. People who currently show a strong interest in technology or trust in automated vehicle technology perceive the self-driving busses better than others. The trust-effect is especially strong for women. In general, men are found to be more inclined to choose the self-driving bus than women. Preferences towards automated public transport services are expected to evolve along with the transition from demonstration pilots to their deployment in regular operations.

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confidence: 97%

“…Additionally, the preference for self-driving vehicles is strongly influenced by the level of trust in self-driving vehicles [4], [5], [8]. People tend to trust self-driving vehicles in controlled environments more than in mixed traffic [10].…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taking The Self-Driving Bus: A Passenger Choice Experiment

Winter

Wien

Molin

et al. 2019

2019 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS)

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“…According to Dong et al [45] and Winter et al [46], males have been demonstrated to be more open to using ASBs than females are, especially highly automated ASBs [47]. Other research reported that males are generally more willing to use autonomous transport services [48], preferring ASBs over traditional vehicles [49][50][51][52], and trust ASBs more than females do [53]. Similarly, males are found to be more confident to share a ride with strangers on ASBs than females are, but in terms of traffic safety or dealing with an emergency, there has been no major difference [19].…”

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“…Research findings on how age affects attitude and adoption are inconsistent. Some studies discovered no correlation between a person's age and willingness to use ASBs [55,[58][59][60] or other autonomous transit services [57], or even with the likelihood of preferring ASBs over other transport modes [50,51]. Similarly, Salonen [19] reported an insignificant effect of age on concerns about safety on-board, in traffic or an emergency, as did Dekker [53] regarding trust in ASBs.…”

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“…Level of education was discovered to affect the intention to use ASBs [47], perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and willingness to use autonomous transit services [48]. ASBs were preferred by those with a higher education level over their traditional counterparts in some regions where ASBs were implemented in city centres [49,50,62]. In contrast, neither concerns about safety on-board, in traffic, nor an emergency seemed to be influenced by education levels [19], nor did trust in ASBs [53].…”

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Perceived Opportunities and Challenges of Autonomous Demand-Responsive Transit Use: What Are the Socio-Demographic Predictors?

Golbabaei,

Yigitcanlar,

Paz

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The adoption of autonomous demand-responsive transit (ADRT) to support regular public transport has the potential to enhance sustainable mobility. There is a dearth of research on the socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived opportunities and challenges regarding ADRT adoption in Australia. In this research, we fill this knowledge gap by determining socio-demographic predictors of perceptions and attitudes towards ADRT, specifically autonomous shuttle buses (ASBs), among adult residents of South East Queensland. This study incorporates a review of prior global studies, a stated preference survey distributed across the case study region, and descriptive and logistic regression analysis. We found that the main perceived opportunity of ASBs is reduced congestion/emissions, while the primary anticipated challenge relates to unreliable technology. Fully employed respondents are likely to be more familiar with autonomous vehicles. Females and those from lower-income households are less likely to have ridden in an autonomous vehicle. Males, those who are younger, have high employment, hail from higher-income households, and with no driver’s licence are all more favourable towards ASBs. Males, those with high employment, and without driver’s licence are likely to be more concerned about traffic accidents when using ASBs. Less-educated respondents and those living in peri-urban areas are likely to be more concerned about fares. Insights are drawn from the current study to inform policymakers to consider key challenges (e.g., trust issues) and target groups (particularly females) in planning public communication strategies to enhance receptiveness to ADRT.

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