Towards New Urban Mobility: Preparing for the driverless future through multi-agent systems

Research. World’s population is increasingly urban with more than half living in urban areas. Cities will keep growing, they will become increasingly polluted and gridlocked, damaging inhabitants’ health and making it hard for them to get around. Mobility is one of the key-drivers for creating a livable future city because the urban lay-out is determined by the infrastructural network. This project focuses on mobility attitudes and behaviour in the context of new and emerging urban transport opportunities, such as those related to smartphone travel applications, bike and car sharing, electric vehicles, and increasing support for public transport, walking and cycling. In addition, we technically arrived at a place where the urban mobility might soon undergo fundamental changes. Around the globe researchers are working on technical innovations like new drive technologies and collision recognition systems, while others explore autonomous driving systems. From a purely technical standpoint, the first driverless vehicles could take to the roads today, but technology is much faster than ethics, law, and policy. These technologies are not publicly accessible yet, which results in a lack of understanding and acceptance of the main public. The conclusion of the research led to two main design goals: 1. To create a valuable connection and program to support flexibility between transportation systems and promote walking and cycling. (urban network scale). 2. To create an informative experience about the new technologies to contribute to the visitors’ knowledge and acting. (pavilion scale).Architecture and The Built EnvironmentArchitectural Engineering + Technolog