An autonomous taxi service for sustainable urban transportation
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Publication Date
2017-05-26Journal Title
2017 Smart Cities Symposium Prague, SCSP 2017 - IEEE Proceedings
Conference Name
Smart Cities Symposium Prague 2017
ISBN
9781538638255
Publisher
IEEE
Language
eng
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Conference Object
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Nicolaides, D., Cebon, D., & Miles, J. (2017). An autonomous taxi service for sustainable urban transportation. 2017 Smart Cities Symposium Prague, SCSP 2017 - IEEE Proceedings https://doi.org/10.1109/SCSP.2017.7973353
Abstract
An autonomous taxi service has been proposed as a sustainable urban transport system for current and future cities. A critical review was conducted to examine whether the proposed technology can alleviate the negative side effects of urban transportation. The study investigated issues related to environmental impact, social sustainability and required infrastructure. A methodology was proposed to estimate the levels of demand and define the system performance requirements for an autonomous taxi to serve Addenbrooke's, which is a medical and research campus at the University of Cambridge UK. The size of the fleet, the capacity of the on-board battery and a charging infrastructure were suggested. Implications for the electricity supply network were also explored. A financial analysis showed that such a system is financial viable.
Keywords
autonomous pods, economics, electric vehicles, infrastructure, power demand, urban transportation
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/SCSP.2017.7973353
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/266859
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