Report of the legal context related to the impacts of transport automation on the workforce

The deliverable will report the impacts of transport automation on the labour force, future working conditions and skills requirements from a legal perspective, given the vast and multifaceted complex needs at local, regional, national and international level both within and outside Europe. The aim is to provide an initial evidence based common operational and legal analysis focusing on automation, retaining a balance between technology and the human component. All main legal aspects related to the issue will be reported.By balancing the opportunities and threats for the labour force as well as those of new technologies across the different transport modes, this report will offer recommendations regarding Actions and Tools particularly aiming at setting common legal principles for diverse policy levels. IP and data management issues will be explicitly addressed in D4.2 given their high importance in setting the Future Agenda (WP5).