Autonomous vehicles can offer both positive and negative impacts on urban society, with potential benefits including safety, reduced travel, and improved access for all, but their impact depends on people and policy.

Where Are Autonomous Vehicles Taking Us?

Autonomous vehicles may lead to urban sprawl, with 42.3% of Chinese and 29.8% of US car-oriented adults considering moving farther away from their nearest city if they had an AV.

Potential Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Urban Sprawl: A Comparison of Chinese and US Car-Oriented Adults

Shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) can significantly reduce urban congestion, emissions, and vehicle ownership, while promoting sustainability and transportation equity when integrated with dynamic ridesharing services.

The role of shared autonomous vehicle systems in delivering smart urban mobility: A systematic review of the literature

Autonomous electric vehicles show promise for sustainable urban mobility, but more research is needed on planning the transition and their application in distribution logistics.

New Paradigm of Sustainable Urban Mobility: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles—A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Autonomous vehicles can liberate urban space for people, but may also reduce active mobility and public transport use.

Autonomous Mobility: A Potential Opportunity to Reclaim Public Spaces for People

Self-driving vehicles can improve urban mobility and safety, but must be planned as part of a holistic approach to promote low carbon mobility.

Autonomous vehicles and shared mobility: shaping the future of urban transport

Autonomous vehicles offer the potential to revolutionize urban life and city design, potentially reducing traffic congestion, attracting more residents to city centers, and potentially changing the design of road spaces.

The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Cities: A Review

Autonomous vehicles will disrupt urban mobility, and cities need to prepare for their arrival, even if wider adoption may take some time.

Understanding autonomous vehicles: A systematic literature review on capability, impact, planning and policy

Automated vehicles may increase vehicle miles travelled and reduce public transport and slow modes, leading to more dispersed urban growth, while shared automated vehicle fleets may have positive impacts, such as reducing overall vehicle and parking space numbers.

Impacts of automated vehicles on travel behaviour and land use: an international review of modelling studies

Autonomous vehicles may disrupt urban tourism, leading to new socio-economic opportunities and threats, while also posing threats and inequities.

Autonomous vehicles and the future of urban tourism

Autonomous vehicles can enhance urban life by incorporating human agency and sentience, challenging the technocentric focus on their impact on cities and urban lives.

Autonomous vehicles, human agency and the potential of urban life

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) will significantly impact urban transport systems, requiring new road markings and intersection designs to ensure safe vehicle detection and avoid vehicle wandering.

Autonomous Vehicles: An Analysis Both on Their Distinctiveness and the Potential Impact on Urban Transport Systems

Autonomous vehicles positively impact cities by enhancing travel convenience, but also pose safety hazards, environmental pollution, and energy consumption challenges.

The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Cities

Autonomous vehicles could encourage urban sprawl in the long run, requiring transport strategies and policies to control externalities.

Exploring paradigm shift impacts in urban mobility: autonomous vehicles and smart cities

Autonomous vehicles will impact urban development in European cities, posing challenges for planners to address for sustainable urban development.

Autonomous Road Vehicles: Challenges for Urban Planning in European Cities

Autonomous vehicles can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35% through eco-driving and platooning, but easier travel and faster travel contribute to an increase of 41.24%.

Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Positive or Negative?

Autonomous vehicles could positively impact urban mobility and activity location if they increase road infrastructure capacity, but if demand for shared journeys increases, these positive effects could disappear and urban sprawl could occur.

Modeling the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Land Use Using a LUTI Model

Driverless vehicles will significantly impact urban environments and future mobility, requiring a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach for policy changes.

Impact of Driverless Vehicles on Urban Environment and Future Mobility

Autonomous vehicles can enhance urban liveability and sustainability if governed by public administrations, but their introduction requires immediate action, farsighted planning, and cooperation among various sectors.

Planning the transition to autonomous driving: A policy pathway towards urban liveability

Autonomous vehicles could potentially reduce urban congestion by providing mobility services at lower cost and wider scope, but safety concerns must be addressed before widespread adoption.

Developing Policy for Urban Autonomous Vehicles: Impact on Congestion

What is the Sociocultural impacts of autonomous vehicles on urban mobility?

Some studies suggest autonomous vehicles can improve safety, reduce congestion, and promote sustainability, while other studies indicate they may lead to urban sprawl, reduced public transport use, and increased vehicle miles traveled.