Are You Ready for the Future of Urban Mobility?

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Professor in Urban Planning at Aalborg University in Denmark

Guaranteeing seamless mobility where the last mile is the biggest problem

One can worry less about parking the vehicle

Study Notes

Malene Freudendal-Pedersen is a Professor in Urban Planning at Aalborg University in Denmark.
She believes that automated driving will fundamentally change the use of vehicles in the future.
New mobility concepts require a mind shift and people should be able to reach every destination in their vehicle with ease.
Many towns and cities are construed for cars as the main means of transport, which plunder areas for green oases.
The biggest challenge for modern urban planning lies in balancing two basic needs: offering lots of space for parks and green areas and guaranteeing seamless mobility where the last mile is the biggest problem.
Car sharing concepts where people will no longer own cars and will instead share them with others on a need basis is a big chance.
Cars will become a building block in the mobility mix — a supplement to public means of transportation or bicycles for instance.
Self-driving vehicles will also play a central role in advancing ride-sharing concepts.
The future vision looks like this: one books an autonomous shuttle, it moves through the traffic without a human driver, one boards and is driven to the desired destination.
One benefit is that one does not have to worry about parking the fully autonomous vehicle, as optimal capacity utilization means the driverless car can do it for itself.

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