Shared robo-taxi

Robo-taxi

Designing robo-taxis to Promote Ride-Pooling
Beth Ferguson, Co-creator
Dr. Angela Sanguinetti, Co-creator
Dallas Swindle, designer
Emily A Carlson, student intern

Robo-taxis (automated vehicles operating in a ride-hailing model) have the potential to improve mobility while reducing traffic, emissions, and energy use. However, such outcomes depend largely on increasing riders per vehicle. Public policy that incentivizes industry to design robo-taxis that support ride-pooling may be critical to achieving positive outcomes.
This project has received funding from the National Center for Sustainable Transportation and the UC ITS Senate Bill 1 Research grant and the 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.

Publications

Sanguinetti, A., Ferguson, B., Oka, J., Alston-Stepnitz, E., & Kurani, K. (2020, August). Designing Robo-Taxis to Promote Ride-Pooling. In International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (pp. 10-16). Springer, Cham.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/65s3m92w

Sanguinetti, A., Kurani, K., & Ferguson, B. (2019). Vehicle Design May Be Critical to Encourage Ride-pooling in Shared Automated Vehicles (A Policy Brief). UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies Reports. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9d82c7r2

Sanguinetti, A., Kurani, K., & Ferguson, B. (2019). Is It OK to Get in a Car with a Stranger? Risks and Benefits of Ride-pooling in Shared Automated Vehicles (A White Paper). UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies Reports
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1cb6n6r9

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