Social and Behavioral Implications of Autonomous Vehicles and Services

Location:

Online

Schedule:

Self-Paced

Course Summary

Instruction Time Completion Time CEUs
Social and Behavioral Implications of Autonomous Vehicles and Services ~ 4-6 hours 60 days after start date 1

The online Social and Behavioral Implications of Autonomous Vehicles and Services course focuses on identifying a range of potential positive and negative implications that could result when autonomous vehicles (AV) and services are deployed in large volumes — including how these systems will be used; who they will serve; some of the remaining societal challenges; how operators are trained and informed; as well as new and continued safety considerations.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand that a number of societal challenges related to vehicle automation remain
  • Outline a range of “unknowns” associated with how autonomous/highly automated vehicles and services might be used
  • Illustrate that populations that could most benefit from vehicle automation are not necessarily those which the systems are being design for (at least yet)
  • Describe how equity in mobility needs to be carefully considered when manufacturing and deploying autonomous vehicles
  • Illustrate how vehicle safety will remain a challenge for decades to come, and some new safety challenges that will be created

Course Overview

  • Introduction and Understanding the Total Impact (39 min)
  • The Potential for Behavioral Changes (37 min)
  • Serving Those with Existing Mobility Limitations and Mobility Equity (47 min)
  • Changes in Operator Knowledge and Understanding (53 min)
  • Safety Consideration with Vehicle Automation (38 min)
  • Seamless Integrated Mobility Systems and Challenges in Establishing One (32 min)
  • You will have access to this course for 60 days.
  • This course contains 4-6 hours of required recorded material and an associated testing assessment.

Successful completion requires you to receive an 80% passing grade on the course assessment.

 

There are no prerequisites for this course. A bachelor’s degree in a science, engineering, or technical field is recommended, but not required.

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Administrative/Online Technical Support
Support staff are available via phone and email to help with administrative and technical issues during our normal business hours (Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). 

Content Questions/Certification Project Support
Candidates are welcome to contact the course instructors for content questions and project support. The instructors will provide support via email, phone consultation, and/or online videoconferencing.

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Instructional Team

James Sayer, PhD

  • Director, U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

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