Investigating the Intent to Use the upcoming AV Ride-hailing Services in the State of California
Abstract
Although greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Transportation Network Companies (TNC) sector is still small compared to the total light-duty vehicle sector, the anticipated growth in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) attributable to TNCs necessitates the formulation of immediate policies. The state of California, with Senate Bill (SB) 1014, established the “Clean Miles Standard” (CMS) to reduce carbon emissions but also increased VMTs (and congestion) introduced by TNC.
Upcoming ride-hailing services with automated vehicles (AV) are expected to become cheaper than their traditionally human-driven counterpart. If this is true, more VMTs may be traveled.
It is in this perspective that this study investigates the ride-hailing users’ intention towards choosing an AV TNC, offered at a lower price, vs. a traditionally driven TNC, offered at a higher price. The study is based on data collected with a hybrid revealed- and stated- preference survey in California, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Investigating the Intent to Use the upcoming AV Ride-hailing Services in the State of California
Category
Energy and Decarbonization
Description
Presenter: Junia Compostella
Agency Affiliation: University of California - Davis
Session: Technical Session A1: Travel Behavior & Early Adoption of Automated Technology
Date: 5/31/2022, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Presenter Biographical Statement: Junia Compostella holds a Ph.D. in Transportation Technology and Policy from the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis. Currently she divides her time between UC Davis' 3 Revolutions Future of Mobility Program (as a post-doctoral researcher) and the 2050 Partners, where she is a senior consultant. Junia leads projects ranging between research into travel (user) behavior in the context of new mobility, such as electric, automated, and shared, to the investigation of EV infrastructure’s technical potential for commercial and non-commercial buildings, as well as logistics, and tire efficiency. Her work is useful to identify market and regulatory potentials, and focuses primarily on California. Prior to her current roles, Junia conducted research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the sustainability of the built environment.