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Abstract
Streets often lack balanced usage as a public space: they are overcrowded at times (during rush hours) but empty at others. When future autonomous vehicles (AVs) become common, various street aspects will change to accommodate them, including traffic lanes, curbside areas, and public spaces. Interactive design integrating information interaction technologies creates a transformable, responsive landscape that can change uses throughout the day and maximize potential usage as public space. This thesis seeks to determine how interactive design can help urban streetscapes accommodate the widespread use of AVs through presenting the existing literature, case studies, and site observations to generate a set of general guidelines regarding AV streetscape and a projective interactive streetscape design in Midtown Atlanta. It is important to prepare for autonomous urbanism by integrating interactive design to make better, flexible use of urban public spaces while prioritizing a safe and robust transportation system.