Autonomous driving cargo bikes : introducing an acceptability-focused approach towards a new mobility offer

Abstract

Autonomous Driving as a possible, almost likely future of mobility offers new scenarios to move. In the present study,wetakethefirst step to transfer the vision of mobility asa service on autonomous driving cargo bikes: userswillbeableto call a cargo bike, use it for multiple purposes and release it again for others to use. To ensure broad applicability indifferent mobility scenarios as well as addressing individual mobility needs while offering intuitive operability, wefollowed an interdisciplinary approach. While the challenge to realize this vision on a technical level was prepared,both logistics and human sciences collaborated in developing data collection instruments and using user-centered de-velopment methods. In detail, we used online questionnaires to describe mobility needs on the testfield of auniversity's' campus. Secondly, we used focus groups to discuss points relevant to future users' needs for the autono-mous driving cargo bike as well as discussion points with other road users who would encounter the cargo bike in traf-fic. We integrated results from those different approaches to formulate construction indications and points for futureresearch