New Mobility and Autonomous Vehicles: Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Metro Vancouver
Published by:
David Suzuki Foundation and partners
Authored by:
Elnaz Abotalebi,
Mahmood Nesheli,
Parvathy Pillai,
Josipa Petrunić,
Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium
ISBN:
978-1-988424-66-8
Climate solutions, Cities climate change, sustainable transportation, energy, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization
This report addresses how new mobility, especially autonomous vehicles and mobility as a service, could affect the transportation sector’s greenhouse gas emissions in Metro Vancouver. It reviews academic literature on the positive and negative effects of new mobility services in a climate context and highlights strategies to ensure these emerging technologies help to decrease emissions in the region while also increasing mobility options and addressing equity, livability and well-being. It also presents insights into climate impacts from the perspectives of policy-makers engaged in new mobility goals. The report concludes with recommendations for improving regulations, social planning and policy development.
