Deployment of Autonomous Fleet Mobility Services at Scale

Explore a comprehensive lecture on the deployment of autonomous fleet mobility services at scale, presented by Hani Mahmassani from Northwestern University. Delve into the modeling scenarios and network impacts of autonomous vehicle technologies in urban environments. Examine various service models, from driver-less Transportation Network Company offerings to short-term rentals and innovative business concepts. Investigate the challenges and opportunities in centralizing fleet assignment, scheduling, and routing to achieve company and societal objectives. Consider the integration of autonomous services with existing urban transit and Mobility as a Service portfolios. Analyze the potential impact on freight and logistics, including long-haul and last-mile delivery. Discover new classes of operational problems requiring dynamic optimization of many-particle systems on a large scale. Learn about approaches to address these challenges and the integration of autonomous fleet mobility services with public transit to maximize social mobility. Gain insights into key motivating questions, variables, decision parameters, and results through case studies and mathematical formulations.