Barriers and Facilitators of People with and without Disabilities before and after Autonomous Shuttle Exposure
The deployment of autonomous shuttles (ASs) holds health and safety benefits for people with and without disabilities. Transportation is critical in helping people with disabilities (PWDs) access health care, services, and jobs, but the current transportation system has not afforded them ubiquitous...
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| author | Sherrilene Classen Virginia Sisiopiku Justin R. Mason Nichole E. Stetten Seung Woo Hwangbo Joseph Kwan Wencui Yang |
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| description | The deployment of autonomous shuttles (ASs) holds health and safety benefits for people with and without disabilities. Transportation is critical in helping people with disabilities (PWDs) access health care, services, and jobs, but the current transportation system has not afforded them ubiquitous access. To understand the acceptance of ASs, we (1) quantified PWDs’ (N = 42) perceptions before and after riding in an AS (Level 4) and (2) developed a model of facilitators and barriers from 143 participants. For Objective 1, after riding in the AS, PWDs (n = 42) expressed increased Intention to Use (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and Acceptance (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and decreased Perceived Barriers (<i>p</i> < 0.001), compared with baseline. For Objective 2, four multiple linear regression models were conducted to predict the outcomes for Intention to Use, Perceived Barriers, Well-being, and Acceptance among all participants (N = 143). The results indicated that optimism and ease of use negatively predicted Perceived Barriers and positively predicted Intention to Use, Well-being, and Acceptance. Driving status (i.e., active driver) negatively predicted Intention to Use, Well-being, and Acceptance. Predictors of user Acceptance included optimism, perceived ease of use, driver status, and race/ethnicity—with 30.7% of the variance in Acceptance explained. We also recommended deployment strategies to project stakeholders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd4d159d3da44e2d878d1cda5daa232c2023-11-18T10:31:04ZengMDPI AGFuture Transportation2673-75902023-06-013279180710.3390/futuretransp3020045Barriers and Facilitators of People with and without Disabilities before and after Autonomous Shuttle ExposureSherrilene Classen0Virginia Sisiopiku1Justin R. Mason2Nichole E. Stetten3Seung Woo Hwangbo4Joseph Kwan5Wencui Yang6Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USADepartment of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-4440, USADepartment of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USADepartment of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USADepartment of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USADepartment of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USADepartment of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-4440, USAThe deployment of autonomous shuttles (ASs) holds health and safety benefits for people with and without disabilities. Transportation is critical in helping people with disabilities (PWDs) access health care, services, and jobs, but the current transportation system has not afforded them ubiquitous access. To understand the acceptance of ASs, we (1) quantified PWDs’ (N = 42) perceptions before and after riding in an AS (Level 4) and (2) developed a model of facilitators and barriers from 143 participants. For Objective 1, after riding in the AS, PWDs (n = 42) expressed increased Intention to Use (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and Acceptance (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and decreased Perceived Barriers (<i>p</i> < 0.001), compared with baseline. For Objective 2, four multiple linear regression models were conducted to predict the outcomes for Intention to Use, Perceived Barriers, Well-being, and Acceptance among all participants (N = 143). The results indicated that optimism and ease of use negatively predicted Perceived Barriers and positively predicted Intention to Use, Well-being, and Acceptance. Driving status (i.e., active driver) negatively predicted Intention to Use, Well-being, and Acceptance. Predictors of user Acceptance included optimism, perceived ease of use, driver status, and race/ethnicity—with 30.7% of the variance in Acceptance explained. We also recommended deployment strategies to project stakeholders.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7590/3/2/45people with disabilitiesdrivers through the lifespanautonomous shuttleintention to useacceptanceperceived barriers |
| spellingShingle | Sherrilene Classen Virginia Sisiopiku Justin R. Mason Nichole E. Stetten Seung Woo Hwangbo Joseph Kwan Wencui Yang Barriers and Facilitators of People with and without Disabilities before and after Autonomous Shuttle Exposure Future Transportation people with disabilities drivers through the lifespan autonomous shuttle intention to use acceptance perceived barriers |
| title | Barriers and Facilitators of People with and without Disabilities before and after Autonomous Shuttle Exposure |
| title_full | Barriers and Facilitators of People with and without Disabilities before and after Autonomous Shuttle Exposure |
| title_fullStr | Barriers and Facilitators of People with and without Disabilities before and after Autonomous Shuttle Exposure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Barriers and Facilitators of People with and without Disabilities before and after Autonomous Shuttle Exposure |
| title_short | Barriers and Facilitators of People with and without Disabilities before and after Autonomous Shuttle Exposure |
| title_sort | barriers and facilitators of people with and without disabilities before and after autonomous shuttle exposure |
| topic | people with disabilities drivers through the lifespan autonomous shuttle intention to use acceptance perceived barriers |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7590/3/2/45 |
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