Keeping Vehicle Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Check in a Driverless Vehicle World
Co-Authors: Giovanni Circella, University of California at Davis; Chris Ganson, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research*; Caroline Rodier, University of California at Davis
*For identification purposes only
To support VMT and GHG containment goals:
- Deploy driverless vehicles as shared use vehicles, rather than privately owned
- Ensure widespread carpooling
- Deploy driverless vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions
- Take advantage of opportunities to introduce pricing
- Increase line haul transit use rather than replacing it
- Ensure driverless vehicles are not larger or more energy consumptive
- Program vehicle behavior to improve livability, safety and comfort on surface streets