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Siemens report urges cities to plan now for arrival of autonomous vehicles

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• Report urges urban areas to use connected and autonomous vehicles to refocus urban environments on citizens rather than cars
• Greatest benefit from autonomous vehicles will emerge from capacity to provide "first and last mile" trips and help city government provide new transport services
• Siemens report "Cities in the Driving Seat" encourages cities to anticipate and tackle upcoming changes to their infrastructures early
• Connecting autonomous vehicles to intelligent transport infrastructures can maximize their benefit
The advent of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) has the potential to cause major and disruptive changes to cities worldwide, a report launched by Siemens indicates. The report "Cities in the Driving Seat" stresses the need for cities to plan early and tackle the issue in a wider context of mobility transformations.Original Article