Self-driving vehicles as public transport in Rotterdam

Title

Self-driving vehicles as public transport in Rotterdam

 Author

Hamilton, L.H.M.

Contributor

Van Arem, B. (mentor)
Correia, G. (mentor)
Wiggenraad, P.B.L. (mentor)
Baggen, J.H. (mentor)
Rijsdijk, J. (mentor)
Cazemier, O. (mentor)

Faculty

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

 Department

Transport & Planning

 Date

2015-08-26

 Abstract

The development of self-driving vehicles is growing rapidly. The goal of this research is to investigate the possibilities of self-driving vehicles as public transport. Based on development, existing projects and existing public transport systems a suitable system of self-driving vehicles as public transport is determined. Rotterdam is used as a case-study in this research. Three potential locations for a service of self-driving vehicles as access/egress mode are selected. The number of trips for self-driving vehicle as public transport for these test locations is modelled using the OmniTRANS-model in Rotterdam. An access/egress mode choice model is estimated to calculate the number of trips for the self-driving vehicle and bike. For the test locations the results of the model show a 25\% to 59\% share of the number of trips for self-driving vehicles as access/egress mode. Based on this research recommendations are made for further research.

 Subject

self-driving vehicles
public transport
mode choice

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Student theses

 Document type

master thesis

 Rights

(c) 2015 Hamilton, L.H.M.
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