Presented By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation
Autonomous Vehicle Impacts on Travel-Based Activity & Activity-Based Travel
Dr. Chandra Bhat
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Chandra Bhat, University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Joe J. King Endowed Chair Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, to the Distinguished Lecture Series! For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be offering hybrid attendance options.
This presentation undertakes a deep-dive into the kinds of activities that individuals are likely to pursue when freed from the task of driving in the future transportation landscape of fully automated vehicles (AVs). Dr. Bhat's study indicates that “productive use of time” is not necessarily always tied with activities, such as work and study; rather, being able to partake in relatively “chill” activities (such as sleeping, relaxing, and gazing out the window) is also considered as good use of time. This suggests caution in the interpretation of what are traditionally referred to as “productive” activities, and also, a need for scholarly restraint in the use of the label “multi-tasking” to exclusively refer to non-passive activities.
This presentation undertakes a deep-dive into the kinds of activities that individuals are likely to pursue when freed from the task of driving in the future transportation landscape of fully automated vehicles (AVs). Dr. Bhat's study indicates that “productive use of time” is not necessarily always tied with activities, such as work and study; rather, being able to partake in relatively “chill” activities (such as sleeping, relaxing, and gazing out the window) is also considered as good use of time. This suggests caution in the interpretation of what are traditionally referred to as “productive” activities, and also, a need for scholarly restraint in the use of the label “multi-tasking” to exclusively refer to non-passive activities.
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