Development of a business plan for a sustainable mobility initiative
- Lead PI: Lawrence Burns, Bonnie Scarborough
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Unit Affiliation: The Earth Institute
- January 2012 - December 2012
- Inactive
- Global ; New York City, NY ; New York
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: This project aims to determine whether a shared fleet of driverless vehicles can provide better mobility more sustainably and at reduced cost when compared to personally owned vehicles and taxicabs; whether a business that provides such a service can be profitable; and catalyze collaboration between companies to develop such a system at a demonstration site.
OUTCOMES: Sustainable Mobility Initiative Business Plan, Specifications for Rapid Prototype of Demonstration Project, and Business Collaboration.