Paper ID: 2311.14118
On The Impact of Replacing Private Cars with Autonomous Shuttles: An Agent-Based Approach
Daniel Bogdoll, Louis Karsch, Jennifer Amritzer, J. Marius Zöllner
The European Green Deal aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, which demands improved emissions efficiency from the transportation industry. This study uses an agent-based simulation to analyze the sustainability impacts of shared autonomous shuttles. We forecast travel demands for 2050 and simulate regulatory interventions in the form of replacing private cars with a fleet of shared autonomous shuttles in specific areas. We derive driving-related emissions, energy consumption, and non-driving-related emissions to calculate life-cycle emissions. We observe reduced life-cycle emissions from 0.4% to 9.6% and reduced energy consumption from 1.5% to 12.2%.
Submitted: Nov 23, 2023