Driverless cars set to challenge planning system, report warns

Driverless vehicles pose a unique set of challenges to planning, says new study

The rollout of autonomous vehicles, set to begin in London as early as September, could place pressure on the UK’s planning systems “unlike anything they have handled before”, according to a new publication from the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Institute for Driverless Transportation (IfDT).

Driverless cars set to challenge planning system, report warns

Planning systems across the UK could face pressure ‘unlike anything the system has handled before’ as autonomous vehicles roll out, according to a new paper.