Automated transport: the great disruption to travel as we know it?

Automated cars, lorries and public transport will have a huge impact on our lives, transforming transport systems and travel patterns, according to a new report. Andrew Forster catches a glimpse of the future

Fully automated vehicles may still be decades away but there is a huge amount of interest today in automated technologies and their implications for travel. As well as the technical questions about the transition to a fully automated future, there are more fundamental ones, such as who will control a vehicle’s speed – the occupant or the authorities? Will they lead to a surge in travel demand? And will we actually own automated vehicles, or merely hire them when we need...

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