Abstract:

The introduction of new mobility technologies and developments, such as the Shared Automated Electric Vehicles (SAEV) discussed in this article, offers the opportunity to improve mobility's usability, affordability, environmental friendliness, and quality. The evaluation of the impacts of these innovations on the mobility system requires a comprehensive set of criteria and parameters. This article proposes a method to measure the impacts of SAEV on mobility through a sustainability assessment. Based on an integrative literature study and on the context of AVENUE, a European project deploying automated shuttles in the public transport of European cities, a set of indicators is defined. These mobility indicators assess the social, environmental, economic, governance, and technical impacts of SAEV. The multiple dimensions of the mobility indicators contribute to filling gaps of knowledge about the performance of SAEV. These set of indicators will help compare SAEV to other modes of transportation, influence transportation system design and planning, and, as a result, improve sustainable mobility policy responses to the limitations of the existing mobility model for cities.