TY - GEN
T1 - Taking the self-driving bus
T2 - 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems, MT-ITS 2019
AU - Winter, M.K.E.
AU - Wien, Joost
AU - Molin, Eric
AU - Cats, Oded
AU - Morsink, Peter
AU - Van Arem, Bart
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Automated public transport
KW - Bus systems
KW - Mixed Logit
KW - Public transport passengers
KW - Self-driving buses
KW - Stated choice
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U2 - 10.1109/MTITS.2019.8883310
DO - 10.1109/MTITS.2019.8883310
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - MT-ITS 2019 - 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems
BT - MT-ITS 2019 - 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems
PB - IEEE
Y2 - 5 June 2019 through 7 June 2019
ER -