Transitioning towards a Coordinated Automated Road Transport (C-ART) system

Connectivity, coupled with vehicle automation, will disrupt the transport system as we know it today. In
parallel, new mobility trends are increasingly emerging, such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and shared mobility
models. The socio-economic and environmental impacts from these different (but entangled) trends could be
overwhelmingly positive (e.g. reducing accidents, congestion, emissions). However, if the transition from the
current status to the future mobility system is not done in a thoughtful way, it could lead to negative outcomes.
This paper analyses future scenarios in consideration of these trends and discusses requirements for the future road
transport system management, proposing the novel Coordinated Automated Road Transport (C-ART) concept for
traffic flow and system management in highly automated and connected traffic. In future scenarios (especially in
the event of substantial increases in travel demand), traffic management would need to play a decisive role in
enabling a safe and efficient mobility, with increased control possibilities offered by a C-ART system.