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No driver needed? A perspective from standards, laws and regulations on autonomous transit buses

Fuchs, Lukas; Faig, Julian; Roth, Daniel; Kreimeyer, Matthias; Maier, Thomas

Type:
Papers
DS 145: Proceedings of the DESIGN2026 19th International Design Conference
Year:
2026
Editor:
Štorga, M.; Škec, S.; Martinec, T.; Marjanović, D.; Pavković, N.
Author:
Fuchs, Lukas; Faig, Julian; Roth, Daniel; Kreimeyer, Matthias; Maier, Thomas
Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Page(s):
3265-3276
DOI number:
10.1017/pds.2026.10684
ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
Autonomous driving is a promising technology for public transportation to solve two main challenges: The driver shortage and the reduction of environmental impact. This contribution investigates if already existing requirements in standards, laws, regulations and guidelines for accessibility, safety, security and bus drivers’ tasks of transit buses in Europe and Germany can also be complied to with an autonomous transit bus or if the requirements need an adaption. 54 impactful requirements on autonomous transit buses have been found and their impact and opening design space will be discussed.
Keywords:
inclusive design, autonomous vehicles, human-centred design
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