Three Revolutions: Steering Automated, Shared, and Electric Vehicles to a Better Future

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For the first time in half a century, real transformative innovations are coming to our world of passenger transportation. The convergence of new shared mobility services and products with automated and electric vehicles promises to noticeably reshape our lives and communities for the better—or for the worse.

The dream scenario could bring huge private and non-private benefits, including more transportation choices, greater affordability and accessibility, and healthier, more livable cities, together with reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The nightmare scenario could bring more urban sprawl, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and unhealthy cities and individuals.

In Three Revolutions, transportation expert Dan Sperling, together with seven other leaders within the field, share research–based insights on potential public benefits and impacts of the three transportation revolutions. They describe innovative ideas and partnerships, and explore the role government policy can play in steering the brand new transportation paradigm toward the public interest—toward our dream scenario of social equity, environmental sustainability, and urban livability.

Many factors will influence these revolutions—including the willingness of travelers to share rides and eschew car ownership; continuing reductions in battery, fuel cell, and automation costs; and the adaptiveness of companies. But one of the essential factors is policy.

Three Revolutions offers policy recommendations and provides insight and knowledge that could result in wiser choices by all. With this book, Sperling and his collaborators hope to steer these revolutions toward the public interest and a greater quality of life for everyone.

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