  The literature suggests that autonomous vehicles (AVs) may drastically change
the user experience of private automobile travel by allowing users to engage in
productive or relaxing activities while travelling. As a consequence, the
generalised cost of car travel may decrease, and car users may become less
sensitive to travel time. By facilitating private motorised mobility, AVs may
eventually impact land use and households' residential location choices. This
paper seeks to advance the understanding of the potential impacts of AVs on
travel behaviour and land use by investigating stated preferences for
combinations of residential locations and travel options for the commute in the
context of autonomous automobile travel. Our analysis draws from a stated
preference survey, which was completed by 512 commuters from the Sydney
metropolitan area in Australia and provides insights into travel time
valuations in a long-term decision-making context. For the analysis of the
stated choice data, mixed logit models are estimated. Based on the empirical
results, no changes in the valuation of travel time due to the advent of AVs
should be expected. However, given the hypothetical nature of the stated
preference survey, the results may be affected by methodological limitations.
