Navigant Research White Paper Shares Three Key Trends that Align Personal Transportation with City Sustainability Plans

The convergence of automated driving, electrification, and
connected services provide the potential for enormous societal benefits
in the coming decades

BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#AirPollution–A new white paper from Navigant
Research examines key trends in personal mobility, outlining related
impacts and critical issues, with recommendations for chief stakeholders.

Around the world, major cities are seeking ways to combat the negative
effects of local transport on public health, pollution, noise levels,
and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Increasingly, cities are considering
restricting or banning passenger cars from large areas, as well as a
means to reduce traffic congestion and parking demand. Click
to tweet: However, according to a new white paper from @NavigantRSRCH,
three key trends—automated vehicles, cleaner powertrains, and the
mobility as a service (MaaS) model—could make personal transportation
compatible with cities’ sustainability plans.

“If implemented correctly, the convergence of automated driving,
electrification, and connected services provide the potential for
enormous societal benefits in the coming decades,” says Sam Abuelsamid,
principal research analyst at Navigant Research. “Over time, a city of
three million residents could reduce its vehicle population by
two-thirds using an automated MaaS model, which presents a shift away
from personally owned modes of transportation toward mobility solutions
that are consumed as a service. This would also free up nearly 4 square
miles of land currently dedicated to parking for more productive uses.”

Highly automated driving is expected to debut by 2020 and start to grow
rapidly as soon as 2025, according to the white paper. This
technological change will bring about shifts in the economics,
convenience, and safety of personal mobility and will drive the move
toward on-demand automated vehicle services. Automated on-demand fleets
that run on clean powertrains could be competitive with or cheaper than
other transportation options available today, driving consumers toward
MaaS.

The white paper, Redefining
Mobility Services in Cities, examines the key trends in personal
mobility and their major impacts on the environmental footprint of urban
mobility, city planning, and transportation planning. Navigant Research
developed a potential scenario of the impacts from the high-level
adoption of automated vehicles in a model city with 3 million
inhabitants, collectively owning 1.5 million cars, to explore and
quantify impacts. The white paper further outlines the critical issues
related to the mobility service revolution that need to be addressed
from the perspective of the chief stakeholder groups and provides a set
of recommendations for each group. An Executive Summary of the report is
available for free download on the Navigant
Research website.

About Navigant Research

Navigant Research, the dedicated research arm of Navigant, provides
market research and benchmarking services for rapidly changing and often
highly regulated industries. In the energy sector, Navigant Research
focuses on in-depth analysis and reporting about global clean technology
markets. The team’s research methodology combines supply-side industry
analysis, end-user primary research and demand assessment, and deep
examination of technology trends to provide a comprehensive view of the
Energy Technologies, Utility Transformations, Transportation
Efficiencies, and Buildings Innovations sectors. Additional information
about Navigant Research can be found at www.navigantresearch.com.

About Navigant

Navigant Consulting, Inc. is a specialized, global professional services
firm that helps clients take control of their future. Navigant’s
professionals apply deep industry knowledge, substantive technical
expertise, and an enterprising approach to help clients build, manage
and/or protect their business interests. With a focus on markets and
clients facing transformational change and significant regulatory or
legal pressures, the Firm primarily serves clients in the healthcare,
energy and financial services industries. Across a range of advisory,
consulting, outsourcing, and technology/analytics services, Navigant’s
practitioners bring sharp insight that pinpoints opportunities and
delivers powerful results. More information about Navigant can be found
at navigant.com.

* The information contained in this press release concerning the
white paper, Redefining Mobility Services in Cities, is a summary
and reflects Navigant Research’s current expectations based on market
data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are
inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those
contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full
report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the
report’s conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report.
Neither Navigant Research nor Navigant undertakes any obligation to
update any of the information contained in this press release or the
report.

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Navigant Research
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