The Automation of the Taxi Industry – Taxi Drivers’ Expectations and Attitudes Towards the Future of their Work

dc.contributor.authorPakusch, Christina
dc.contributor.authorBoden, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorStein, Martin
dc.contributor.authorStevens, Gunnar
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-13T08:21:27Z
dc.date.available2022-04-13T08:21:27Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractAdvoc ates of autonomous driving predict that the occupation of taxi driver could be made obsolete by shared autonomous vehicles (SAV) in the long term. Conducting interviews with German taxi drivers, we investigate how they perceive the changes caused by advancing automation for the future of their business. Our study contributes insights into how the work of taxi drivers could change given the advent of autonomous driving: While the task of driving could be taken over by SAVs for standard trips, taxi drivers are certain that other areas of their work such as providing supplementary services and assistance to passengers would constitute a limit to such forms of automation, but probably involving a shifting role for the taxi drivers, one which focuses on the sociality of the work. Our findings illustrate how taxi drivers see the future of their work, suggesting design implications for tools that take various forms of assistance into account, and demonstrating how important it is to consider taxi drivers in the co-design of future taxis and SAV services.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10606-021-09408-1
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-021-09408-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4294
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 30, No. 4
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectAutonomous vehicles
dc.subjectE-hailing
dc.subjectShared autonomous vehicles
dc.subjectTaxi app
dc.subjectTaxi driver
dc.subjectTNC
dc.titleThe Automation of the Taxi Industry – Taxi Drivers’ Expectations and Attitudes Towards the Future of their Workde
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.citation.endPage587
gi.citation.startPage539

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