@inproceedings{8221951e474f41b5864219b6c277371a,
title = "Taking the self-driving bus: A passenger choice experiment",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "Automated public transport, Bus systems, Mixed Logit, Public transport passengers, Self-driving buses, Stated choice",
author = "M.K.E. Winter and Joost Wien and Eric Molin and Oded Cats and Peter Morsink and {Van Arem}, Bart",
note = "Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository {\textquoteleft}You share, we take care!{\textquoteright} – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.; 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems, MT-ITS 2019 ; Conference date: 05-06-2019 Through 07-06-2019",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1109/MTITS.2019.8883310",
language = "English",
series = "MT-ITS 2019 - 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)",
booktitle = "MT-ITS 2019 - 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems",
address = "United States",
}