Speaker: Jon Kellett, Professor at the University of Adelaide, Australia
Date: May 4, 2018
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Lecture Hall on the 4th floor, Dongpei Building, Qianfoshan Campus
Abstract:
Autonomous or self driving vehicles (SDV) are undergoing rapid development. At different levels of autonomy, they are already being adopted in a range of circumstances and in the next few decades fully autonomous vehicles are predicted to be widely adopted. Whilst most of the current research into SDVs is technical in nature, there is growing interest in how the technology will transition into cities in the future. In particular, will the widespread availability of SDVs change cities? For example, will the number of vehicles on the road increase or decrease? Will parking requirements change? Will planners have to radically alter the way they plan for movement in cities? We conducted a research survey of commuters into the city of Adelaide to try to understand the ways in which adoption of SDVs may occur. The results suggest that this technology may have some unexpected outcomes and the transition to SDVs may be problematic.
Bio:
Jon Kellett is Professor of Planning and Property in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He was educated as an urban planner in the UK and was a faculty member at Sheffield Hallam University for many years where he developed a research interest in energy and cities. Whilst there he developed a novel Masters program in Environmental Management for Business. He conducted research for a range of government organisations including the European Commission, mainly looking at transitioning cities towards renewable energy. In 2005 he moved to the University of South Australia where he continued his research in to carbon neutral cities and worked extensively for the Australian National Climate Adaptation Research Facility (NCARF). In 2014 he moved to the University of Adelaide where he is currently managing the Master of Planning and has developed a new Master of Property program. His research continues to focus on climate change and cities but has also recently begun to look at how infrastructure is funded in the development process and how cities may respond to new technologie.
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Edited by: Zhang Beibei