Roads for the Future

The Roads for the Future competition sought innovative and creative ideas on how to deliver a world-class road network in the UK ready for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs).

City Science’s proposed concept – Dedicated Driverless Spaces - offers a flexible certification and licensing structure for roads to enable CAVs to operate to maximise benefits and minimise risks.

City Science developed a conceptual framework through which to explore the policy options available, demonstrating that Dedicated Driverless Spaces overcome many challenges that might arise in the roll-out of CAVs.

Alongside this framework, City Science developed a new model (the STARR model) to assess the benefits of a system of Dedicated Driverless Spaces centred around transport hubs.

City Science also developed in detail 9 ‘typologies’ of Dedicated Driverless Spaces describing how each could work and exploring what benefits could be unlocked.