Exploring the acceptance of connected and automated vehicles:Focus group discussions with experts and non-experts in transport
| Autor: | Amandine Duboz, Andromachi Mourtzouchou, Monica Grosso, Viktoriya Kolarova, Rubén Cordera, Sophie Nägele, Maria Alonso Raposo, Jette Krause, Ada Garus, Christine Eisenmann, Luigi dell'Olio, Borja Alonso, Biagio Ciuffo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Cantabria |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 2022, 89, 200-221 UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria Universidad de Cantabria (UC) |
| Popis: | The successful deployment of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) will largely depend on public opinion. Expectations and concerns are essential components driving the speed of market uptake and final adoption of these technologies. We have studied user expectations and concerns, as well as their provenance, by conducting a series of Focus Group (FG) discussions with transport area experts and non-expert participants, in Italy, Germany, and Spain. Together with user acceptance, potential advantages and disadvantages that CAVs may bring at a societal level were explored. Results show that benefits like increased safety and accessibility and improved travel experience for both driver and passengers could support CAVs' deployment. Nevertheless, a variety of concerns were raised during the discussions, related to privacy, responsibility in case of an accident, and increase in maintenance and repair costs. These aspects could significantly hamper or delay CAVs acceptability and need to be carefully considered by stakeholders. The reported insights from the FG discussions and the fact that some participants noted positive changes of their initial idea of CAVs due to their participation in the discussion, exemplify the importance of citizen engagement activities to address mobility challenges. The views expressed here are purely those of the authors and may not, under any circumstances, be regarded as an official position of the European Commission. The authors wish to thank the Chair of the WISE-ACT COST Action, Nikolas Thomopoulos for his valuable support during this activity. The FG discussions organised by the German Aerospace Center are conducted within the project “D.Move – Data-Driven Mobility and Traffic Management” which is funded by DLR’s programmatic research funds as part of the Helmholtz Association. The FG discussions organised by the University of Cantabria are part of the project "AUTONOMOUS - InnovAtive Urban and Transport planning tOols for the implementation of New mObility systeMs based On aUtonomouS driving”, 2020-2023, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation / ERDF (EU) (PID2019-110355RB-I00)”. Moreover, the research team would like to thank all the respondents that took part in the FG discussions and made this research possible. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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