The Real Case for Driverless Mobility: Putting Driverless Vehicles to Use for Those Who Really Need a Ride explores solutions for providing mobility for the unserved/underserved, including those who cannot drive themselves, afford transport alternatives, or who live in areas where neither public nor private transport is offered. The book synthesizes the career-long activities of the authors and the Princeton SmartDrivingCars Summits and assesses whether cars without drivers can deliver an affordable and more effective alternative to mass transit and taxis. A high percentage of the residents in many U.S. cities are poor, and the jobs that remain are often not easily reached by public transit systems which struggle to deliver a minimum level of service with their limited budgets. The SDC Summits were initiated in 2017 by Alain Kornhauser to attempt to address this problem. This book presents the problem and the proposed solution in a form that can be used by a wide audience and help build a constituency, both for the proof of concept and for an eventual implementation in many cities and towns in North America and other parts of the world. Professionals, investors, researchers and students alike will find this book a valuable exploration of how driverless technology can be applied to personal transport that can be used by a large sub-group of the population who are not currently served by automobile transport and are poorly served by public transport solutions.
1. The Real Case for Driverless Mobility - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page i 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iv 5. Copyright - p. Page v 6. Acknowledgments - p. Page vi 7. List of Illustrations - p. Page vii 8. List of Tables - p. Page viii 9. Chapter 1 : Why we have become dependent on cars - p. Page viii 10. Chapter 2 : Mobility is not affordable for everyone - p. Page 32 11. Chapter 3 : Is driverless technology ready for the challenge? - p. Page 51 12. Chapter 4 : Where driverless cars can roam - p. Page 98 13. Chapter 5 : The role of automotive artificial intelligence - p. Page 110 14. Chapter 6 : The business proposition of affordable mobility - p. Page 130 15. Chapter 7 : The making and operating of driverless vehicles - p. Page 149 16. Chapter 8 : Powering driverless vehicles - p. Page 160 17. Chapter 9 : The role of policymaking - p. Page 171 18. Chapter 10 : Making it happen - p. Page 201 19. GENERIC-TITLE - p. Page 255 20. Index - p. Page 255
The Real Case for Driverless Mobility: Putting Driverless Vehicles to Use for Those Who Really Need a Ride explores solutions for providing mobility for the unserved/underserved, including those who cannot drive themselves, afford transport alternatives, or who live in areas where neither public nor private transport is offered. The book synthesizes the career-long activities of the authors and the Princeton SmartDrivingCars Summits and assesses whether cars without drivers can deliver an affordable and more effective alternative to mass transit and taxis. A high percentage of the residents in many U.S. cities are poor, and the jobs that remain are often not easily reached by public transit systems which struggle to deliver a minimum level of service with their limited budgets. The SDC Summits were initiated in 2017 by Alain Kornhauser to attempt to address this problem. This book presents the problem and the proposed solution in a form that can be used by a wide audience and help build a constituency, both for the proof of concept and for an eventual implementation in many cities and towns in North America and other parts of the world. Professionals, investors, researchers and students alike will find this book a valuable exploration of how driverless technology can be applied to personal transport that can be used by a large sub-group of the population who are not currently served by automobile transport and are poorly served by public transport solutions.
1. The Real Case for Driverless Mobility - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page i 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iv 5. Copyright - p. Page v 6. Acknowledgments - p. Page vi 7. List of Illustrations - p. Page vii 8. List of Tables - p. Page viii 9. Chapter 1 : Why we have become dependent on cars - p. Page viii 10. Chapter 2 : Mobility is not affordable for everyone - p. Page 32 11. Chapter 3 : Is driverless technology ready for the challenge? - p. Page 51 12. Chapter 4 : Where driverless cars can roam - p. Page 98 13. Chapter 5 : The role of automotive artificial intelligence - p. Page 110 14. Chapter 6 : The business proposition of affordable mobility - p. Page 130 15. Chapter 7 : The making and operating of driverless vehicles - p. Page 149 16. Chapter 8 : Powering driverless vehicles - p. Page 160 17. Chapter 9 : The role of policymaking - p. Page 171 18. Chapter 10 : Making it happen - p. Page 201 19. GENERIC-TITLE - p. Page 255 20. Index - p. Page 255
