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Autonomous vehicles : the road to economic growth /

"This book by two transportation experts argues that policy analysts can play an important and constructive role in identifying and analyzing important policy issues and necessary steps to ease the advent of autonomous vehicles. Among the actions that governments must take are creating a framew...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Winston, Clifford, 1952- (Author), Karpillow, Quentin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2020.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Information
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I: Introduction and Background
  • Introduction
  • Autonomous-Vehicle Operations and the Process of Adoption
  • Part 2: Potential Effects of Autonomous Vehicles
  • The Potential Effects of Autonomous Vehicles on Economic Sectors
  • Estimating the Effects of Congestion on Economic-Performance Measures
  • Estimation Results Obtained from the Congestion Model
  • Simulation of the Effects of Autonomous Vehicles on Congestion
  • Other Important Effects of Autonomous Vehicles
  • Part 3: Constraints on the Success of Autonomous Vehicles
  • Technological Constraints
  • Public-Policy Constraints
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Measuring Freight Flows across Urban Areas
  • Notes
  • Reference
  • Index
  • Back Cover