Enhanced mobility for aging populations using automated vehicles.

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• Creators:
  Duncan, Mike ; Charness, Neil ; Chapin, Tim ; Horner, Mark ; Stevens, Lindsay ; Richard, Amanda ; Souders, Dustin ; Crute, Jeremy ; Riemondy, Alex ; Morgan, Donald
• Corporate Creators:
  Florida State University. Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aged Attitudes Data Mining Intelligent Vehicles Literature Reviews Mobile Communication Systems Mobility Public Opinion Social Media Travel Behavior
• Publication/ Report Number:
  BDV30 977-11
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Automated vehicles (AV) offer a unique opportunity to improve the safety and efficiency of the transportation
  
  system and enhance the mobility of aging and transportation disadvantaged populations simultaneously.
  
  However, before this potential can be realized, it is important to develop a greater understanding of aging
  
  adults’ travel behavior and attitudes toward AVs to determine how AVs could best meet their travel needs.
  
  To this end, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) tasked a multidisciplinary team of researchers
  
  from Florida State University to conduct a research project aimed at providing information and guidance on
  
  how automated and connected vehicle technology could enhance the mobility of aging populations. This
  
  project was divided into four separate, but related, research tasks, including literature reviews of aging
  
  adult’s travel behavior and safety, a survey of Floridian’s attitudes toward AVs, and a social media data mining
  
  analysis of public perception of AVs. Findings indicated that aging adults have unique travel needs that often
  
  are not adequately addressed by today's transportation system. But these mobility problems could be
  
  alleviated, in part, by automated vehicle technology. Analyses of resident’s attitudes toward AVs found that
  
  even though aging adults are less likely to trust AVs, over half of Florida’s residents are interested in AVs. In
  
  summary, this study affirmed AVs' potential to provide safe and efficient mobility options to Florida’s growing
  
  aging population, but it highlighted the importance of informing the public about AVs' potential benefits in
  
  order to develop the trust necessary for widespread adoption of the technology.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3657e34fb0d284ce3358bc3e9a0ebee93f96ce27a219d07c996494378074c639
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29733/dot_29733_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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