ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on several important policy agendas, and discusses how connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) interact with these. It also focuses on the existing academic and policy evidence along with insights gained through the researchers’ expert interviews. The policy areas considered include promoting safe urban environments, accessibility and equity, employment and the economy, energy and the environment, and healthy populations. One of the key benefits that CAVs, and particularly autonomous vehicles (AVs), might bring relate to potential dramatic improvements in road safety. Tackling energy use and reducing environmental impact is a vitally important policy area for cities and regions, particularly as efforts to deliver on net zero commitments accelerate. The impact of CAVs on population health is dependent on the extent of the uptake of them and in the specific types of vehicles where it happens.
