Autonomous vehicle technology may arrive much sooner than most people expect and it has profound implications for transportation. The technology facilitates a rail-less personal rapid transit (PRT) system using both public and private vehicles. Road traffic fatalities and injuries may decline by one to two orders of magnitude. A PRT system can provide mobility to the blind, elders suffering from dementia, children and the intoxicated. The system can make use of existing infrastructure, reduce urban sprawl and ease congestion. Autonomous vehicle based systems can improve fuel efficiency. The technology presents a window of opportunity for a new mode of transportation that obtains efficiencies of up to 0.25 l/100 km (1000 mpg equivalent), reducing U.S. petroleum consumption by up to 16%. The U.S. carbon savings could reach the equivalent of 12 trains of 100 coal cars daily.


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    Titel :

    Social ramifications of autonomous urban land vehicles


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.05.2011


    Format / Umfang :

    205484 byte





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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