ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BY COMMON VEHICLE SYSTEM WITH UNMANNED CRUISING SYSTEM

Abstract

When unmanned cruising technique of vehicles is developed, new transportation society will be emerged. Given this technique, it is possible to design new system in which vehicles are used as common resources in the society to meet the trip demand without the drivers by automatic controller. However, this system may increase environmental burden. This study constructs the model to evaluate the environmental impact such as energy consumption by mathematical programming methods. Then the model is applied to case study area in order to analyze how the impact is and discuss how the impact is mitigated.