Estimation of Environmental Rebound Effect Induced by Shared Automated Passenger Transport Service in a Mid-Size European City via Microsimulation

The introduction of autonomous vehicles will revolutionize transport in urban and rural areas. Nevertheless, before we allow autonomous vehicles to roam our streets, we should strive to predict the impact that they could have and prevent as many negative externalities as possible. Moreover, it is expected that the ability to let go of the wheel and multitask could substantially decrease the in-vehicle value of time, triggering travel behavioral changes, which could in turn have a negative impact on the environmental sustainability of the transport system. Thus, we tried to estimate the environmental rebound effect linked to behavioral changes caused by shared autonomous vehicle deployment. This study presents results of a simulation of the transport system of Santander (Spain), performed by linking the activity-based demand estimation developed in SimMobility to microsimulation in Aimsun and its battery consumption and pollutant emissions models. The results yielded by the study present the magnitude to which identified travel behavioral changes could affect the environmental performance of the transport system, as well as the overall outcome of all identified behavioral changes. The outcomes show that the rebound effect could increase the CO2 emissions by almost 40% compared with a scenario with no behavioral changes. We believe this topic to be particularly interesting for policy makers, urban planners and regional authorities.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231223752
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Andromachi Mourtzouchou https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3350-1461© National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2024.
• Authors:
  • Garus, Ada
  • Alonso Oreña, Borja
  • Alonso Raposo, María
  • Mourtzouchou, Andromachi
  • 0000-0003-3350-1461
  • Cordera Piñera, Ruben
  • 0000-0001-8272-6662
  • Lima Azevedo, Carlos
  • 0000-0003-3902-6569
  • dell’Olio, Luigi
  • 0000-0003-0919-7578
  • Seshadri, Ravi
  • 0000-0002-9327-9455
  • Moraes Monteiro, Mayara
  • 0000-0003-2220-7486
  • Ciuffo, Biagio
  • 0000-0003-3734-4264
• Publication Date: 2024

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0361-1981
  • EISSN: 2169-4052
  • Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Environmental impacts; Microsimulation; Passenger transportation; Pollutants; Travel behavior; Travel demand
• Geographic Terms: Santander (Spain)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01906976
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 5 2024 3:02PM