Autonomous vehicles - part of comprehensive planning in Gothenburg

"Autonomous vehicles - A part comprehensive planning for central Gothenburg" is a project about spatial planning, with a focus on autonomous vehicles and transport systems. The project aims to highlight problems, obstacles and opportunities that planning means for autonomous vehicles.

Although it will take at least ten years before we have a transport system which includes a large proportion of autonomous vehicles, the development of urban planning, and defining planning conditions for this community, must start now. The goal is to show how a comprehensive plan might look like if we are planning with the assumption that autonomous vehicles and transport systems are in use in the not too distant future. The aim is to demonstrate the possibilities of the new technology and how this will effect urban planning and development but also to show what is required of technology development to provide the benefits of cities and society that is highlighted.

The project will in large part follow and be part of the traditional planning process, which means that the planning process, coordination groups, steering group, political tuning etc. can be used as well as the dialogue process. This provides good opportunities for communication concerning autonomous transportation system and its role in cities and urban planning. There will be a particular focus on interaction with stakeholders in Sweden Drive, Drive Me and the other players in the current SIP and cooperation programs and other relevant sectors such as IT and the service sector. There are few arenas today where urban planners talk and discuss urban development with representatives from the IT and automotive industries.