Turning Point: Shared Automated Vehicles Could Make Cities More Livable, Equitable

This report gives highlights of findings related to the potential of shared automated vehicles (SAVs), along with recommendations for policymakers, in these key areas: technological backbone for SAVs; SAV operations and revenues; jobs and prosperity; public transit; social equity; land use and streetscapes. This research was funded as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Smart and Connected Communities grant (award no. CMMI-1831140), Leveraging Autonomous Shared Vehicles for Greater Community Health, Equity, Livability, and Prosperity (HELP). Support also came from Dayton Hudson Foundation funds at the University of Minnesota Foundation.