R4 · Public realm and whole journey
Whole journey through the public realm.
What happens after the vehicle stops?
Research release BTC-RESEARCH-2026-10-17.1 · Prepared 17 October 2026 · Project applicability unresolved
The architect’s task.
Follow the journey to the agreed destination, including crossings, alighting, the entrance and any assistance.
The commissioning customer’s responsibility.
Define whose journeys count, what completion means, and how people who cannot use the service continue.
RESEARCH FINDING
What the evidence supports.
Selected surveys, prototypes and service plans inform the journey. An inclusive comparison of completed journeys remains absent.
The connection from a study to this decision is an analyst interpretation. Study conditions, methods, funding and limitations are available in the approved research library.
- SAF-05 — Comparison of Waymo Rider-Only Crash Rates by Crash Type to Human Benchmarks at 56.7 Million Miles · Claim, method and source location
- SAF-07 — System-Level Safety Monitoring and Recovery for Perception Failures in Autonomous Vehicles · Claim, method and source location
- AC01 — Design Guidelines for Accessible Automated Vehicles: Mobility Focus · Claim, method and source location
- AC02 — Design Guidelines for Accessible Automated Vehicles: Mobility Focus · Claim, method and source location
- AC03 — Independent Safety for Wheelchair Users in Automated Vehicles · Claim, method and source location
- AC04 — Independent Safety for Wheelchair Users in Automated Vehicles · Claim, method and source location
- AC05 — Volunteer Evaluation of Wheelchair Accessibility in Vehicles · Claim, method and source location
- AC06 — Development of an Automated Wheelchair Tiedown and Occupant Restraint System · Claim, method and source location
- AC07 — Can Cars Gesture? A Case for Expressive Behavior Within Autonomous Vehicle and Pedestrian Interactions · Claim, method and source location
- AC08 — Investigating External Interaction Modality and Design Between Automated Vehicles and Pedestrians at Crossings · Claim, method and source location
- AC09 — VTTI-05-086 A Data Driven Approach to the Development and Evaluation of Acoustic Electric Vehicle Alerting Systems for Vision Impaired Pedestrians · Claim, method and source location
- AC10 — Evaluation of automated vehicles encountering pedestrians at unsignalized crossings · Claim, method and source location
- AB-01 — 02-010 Final Research Report: Safety Perceptions of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) by the Blind and Visually Impaired · Claim, method and source location
- AB-06 — Buffalo Phase 2 Comprehensive Maintenance and Operations Plan · Claim, method and source location
- AB-07 — Buffalo Phase 2 Comprehensive Maintenance and Operations Plan · Claim, method and source location
- AB-08 — Autonomous Shuttle Operation for Vulnerable Populations · Claim, method and source location
- SD-04 — NHTSA ODI Closing Resume PE24015: Rear-end Collisions Involving Zoox Vehicles · Claim, method and source location
- SD-05 — NHTSA ODI Opening Resume PE26001: Waymo AV striking a child in the area of a school · Claim, method and source location
- SD-06 — Design Guidelines for Accessible Automated Vehicles: Mobility Focus · Claim, method and source location
COUNTEREVIDENCE & DISCONFIRMATION
What could change the decision.
A service gains apparent speed or independence by excluding intended people, or leaves a required destination task unresolved.
This is a contrary case to test. The linked claim cards distinguish observed contrary findings from proposed project tests.
REMAINING QUESTIONS
What the project still needs to establish.
- Complete journeys with intended users and devices; independent completion and assistance choices; interruption and alternative-service outcomes.
Before making the commitment
Representative complete-journey and interruption evidence with actual users/devices, conditions and accepted outcomes.
FOLLOW THE CONNECTION
Research, clauses and project facts.
DecisionResearch claimRelevant clauseExact source location
A relevant clause may depend on jurisdiction, service type, funding, adopted edition and the work being proposed. A research finding does not establish legal applicability.
The approved library shows examined provisions and analyst connections separately from standards records that have only been screened as candidates.
Trace the evidence for R4 ↗Follow the whole working day.
The Workplace Mobility and Occupier Experience line extends this question across the commute, client trips, entry and return. It provides a dated desk synthesis and proposed studies; field completion remains unestablished.
Explore workplace research and study instruments ↗How this page fits the research.
Possibility Atlas references: AU03, AU09, AU10, AU11, AT-11, AT-12. Synthesis themes: I01, I03, I04, I07.
These identifiers connect the desk research. They do not indicate field validation, an agreed project brief or a compliance determination. This web guidance does not revise the existing book editions.