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Przegląd Europejski – European Studies Quarterly

Autonomous vehicles as a challenge for the transport policy of the European Union

2017, No. 4

Krzysztof Tomaszewski

0000-0002-6324-1827

University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland), Faculty of Political Science and International Studies

DOI

10.31338/1641-2478pe.4.17.4

Publication date

25.03.2018

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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political and administrative sciences, international relations, sociology, law, economics and finance, management and quality studies, social communication and media studies

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English

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Abstract

The article refers to the phenomenon of autonomous vehicles in the transport policy of the European Union. Their use in practice results in the need to implement new solutions in the fields of technology, law, economics and politics. The European Union is taking various steps to prepare the Member States for an autonomous revolution. The aim of the article is to conceptualise the basic problems that can be investigated in the subject matter of autonomous vehicles as well as to analyse the position and strategy of the European Union towards autonomous transport. The article uses the decision method. Among the research findings, it should be pointed out that the EU as an international organisation is open and prepared to address the challenges posed by the implementation of autonomous transport. It takes effective action to coordinate the application of new solutions at the national level (in the Member States) as well as at the transnational level. In this way, the transport sector has the chance to dynamically develop and maintain its prominent position as a key sector of the EU economy. The implementation of innovative transport solutions is a conditio sine qua non for the future of this sector.

Keywords:

autonomous vehicles,transport policy,artificial intelligence,deep learning,European Union,innovation,multi-level governance

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