Common use of Survey Data Clause in Contracts

Survey Data. This study used the nationwide stated preference (SP) survey conducted in spring 2017. We focus on the questions that evaluate respondents’ attitudes. Removing records with missing values, the total sample for this attitude analysis is 1,198. Four sets of questions were included in the questionnaire, each focused on one unique aspect of user attitudes, including:  Preferences for lifestyle and mobility options (labeled here as AT1),  Perceived benefits and concerns of shared mobility option (AT2),  Reasons toward or against private vehicle ownership (AT3), and  Motivations for and desired features of automated vehicles (AT4). Strongly disagree Disagree Indifferent Agree Strongly agree 100.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% Service Quality‐Choose a transportation option that is the cheapest Service Quality‐Transportation option must have the functionality Figure 1 shows the responses to general mobility preferences. A majority of the respondents would like to learn about and use new technologies (65.6%), regularly used smartphones (59.4%), and considered themselves highly engaged in online activities (60.7%). Around 48.7% of the respondents preferred concentrating on one activity at a time, while 43.1% preferred multitasking on commute trips. A significant portion of the sample (81.8%) preferred to travel alone due to convenience, 41.3% believed that shared mobility would increase the quality of life, and 52.1% believe that shared mobility would help save expenses. 58.8% of individuals expressed severe concerns about traveling with strangers. The most popular benefits of ridesourcing were found to be cost-effectiveness (56.2%) and reducing driving stress (54.0%) as presented in. Surprisingly, almost half of the respondents ranked multitasking and on-demand service with low priority. The top concerns were reported as higher travel time due to waiting and multiple pickups (64.8%), and data privacy (58.4%). Perceived concerns 0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% Lowest Priority Low Priority Medium Priority High Priority Higher Priority Highest Priority Low Priority Medium Priority High Priority Highest Priority 100.0% 75.0% 50.0% 25.0% 0.0% Perceived benefits Figure 3 shows the reasons for or against private vehicle ownership (AT3). The top reasons for own or lease a vehicle were reported as privacy (44.2%), convenience (20.5%), car affinity luxury (15.1%), the joy of driving (11.1%), and lower cost (9.1%). On the other hand, the most important reasons for not owning or leasing a vehicle were ranked as ownership cost/affordability (37.8%), operational/maintenance cost (22.3%), short travel distance (16.5%), lack of parking space (13.5%), and preference for transit, walking or biking (9.8%). 9.8% 13.5% 37.8% 16.5% Ownership Cost/affordability Operational/maintenance cost Daily trips limited to a short distance Lack of parking space Prefer transit or walking/biking 9.1% 11.1% 44.2% 15.1% 20.5% Privacy Convenience/flexibility I love my cars/Symbol of luxury Enjoying driving Cheaper option than other modes Figure 4 shows the responses on motivations to drive or ride in AVs and the most desired features. It shows that respondents were motivated to adopt AV because of reduced driving stress (13.3%), increased road capacity/reduced traffic congestions/reduced delays (10.6%), mobility for non-drivers (7.5%), improved safety (5.3%), better technology (5.0%), no need for parking (4.5%), and multitasking (3.1%). The top desired AV features were reported as self-parking assist (25.6%), lane-keeping assist (16.4%), fuel efficiency (16.3%), avoid collision or reduce the severity of collision (10.9%), fully connected (9.6%), drive themselves (9.2%), adaptive cruise control (7.9%), and help with steering (4.0%). Motivations to adopt AV Desired AV feature 7.5% 13.3% 10.6% 9.2% 10.9% 4.0% 16.3%