How Expectation and Perception Affects Public’s Use Intention of Automated Buses for Different Journey Purposes

Abstract

This paper examines how public’s expectation and perception towards the automated bus system would impact the adoption of this system for different trip purposes. Previous studies have contributed based on the hypothetical perceive but not the real observation. In contributing to this gap, based a data dataset collected at Barkarbystaden, Stockholm, we examines how public’s expectation and perception from the real, fully operated automated public transport service operate in the mixed traffic environment on the public road would affect people willingness to take automated buses for work, shopping, leisure and family journeys. The results of the estimated multivariate probit model indicate that 1) Expectation of frequency, perception of travel time, safety and the informative are found significantly influencing people take the bus ride to commute. 2) For shopping and family journeys, increasing the frequency of the bus service, improving public’s perception of safety and providing a pleasant experience during the journey are found may increase travellers’ willingness to use the automated buses for shopping and family trips. 3) Most perception and expectation variables are found have no significant effects increasing or decreasing people’s willingness to take the bus ride for leisure journeys. 4) People who intent to take the automated bus ride for shopping trip may use the bus for family and leisure trips.