ABSTRACT Using results from a design-research studio analysing rail station access in Melbourne, this article considers how differing Autonomous Vehicle (AV) deployment models might fit into a suburban landscape. The results challenge assumptions about AV deployment. If AVs are low occupancy, peak demands may require station carparks to be used entirely as pick-up/drop off zones. This suggests little opportunity to re-purpose car parks for non-transport uses. Further, with AVs uncoupling station demand from existing feeder bus and park-and-ride provision, a re-distribution of demand along rail corridors may occur. The work has broad applicability to the policy challenges of an AV future.

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评估无人驾驶汽车作为墨尔本郊区火车站的馈线的空间意义

摘要利用设计研究室的结果分析墨尔本的火车站出入口，本文考虑了不同的自动驾驶汽车（AV）部署模型如何适应郊区景观。结果挑战了有关AV部署的假设。如果自动驾驶汽车的占用率低，高峰需求可能要求车站停车场完全用作接送区。这表明几乎没有机会将停车场重新用于非运输用途。此外，由于自动驾驶汽车将车站的需求与现有的接驳巴士和停车换乘设施解耦，因此可能会沿着铁路走廊重新分配需求。这项工作对于视听未来的政策挑战具有广泛的适用性。