Public Perception of and Attitude to Driverless Train: A Case Study of Sydney, Australia

There are 32 cities around the world with automated metro systems in operation. The majority of these are located in Europe (13) and Asia (14) but none so far in Australia. However, the picture is changing in 2019 when the first stage of the ‘Sydney Metro’ starts its operation on the North West link in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The automated train is planned to be used safely without human interaction, thus reducing significantly the labour input in the provision of service. Although the proposal for a fully automated system came late in the planning phase of the Sydney Metro project, it appears that, from a technical point of view, the project is clear and well planned. However, providing information to Sydneysiders and understanding their attitudes towards automation has received no consideration. Moreover, how the public perceive these changes and their attitudes to aspects of the new system, including driverless trains, may well be crucial in properly positioning and marketing the new services to ensure the expected patronage. This paper aims to fill this gap by investigating public opinion of the new Sydney Metro service by undertaking a research on people’s perceptions of a driverless train as well as their attitudes to the new transport system and public transport more generally

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40864-017-0052-6
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 Anna Fraszczyk and Corinne Mulley.
• Authors:
  • Fraszczyk, Anna
  • 0000-0003-4620-8344
  • Mulley, Corinne
• Publication Date: 2017-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 100-111
• Serial:
  • Urban Rail Transit
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Springer Publishing
  • ISSN: 2199-6679
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/40864

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automatic train operation; Case studies; Public opinion
• Geographic Terms: Sydney (Australia)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01641449
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 2017 9:54AM