ajoolosuhteiden

Ajoolosuhteiden is a neologism used in Finnish discussions of mobility technology to describe the network of relationships that form around automated driving and mobility-as-a-service. The term blends ajo (driving) and suhteet (relationships) and is used to refer to interactions among riders, drivers, vehicle software, dispatch systems, and urban infrastructure within transport ecosystems. The form ajoolosuhteiden is the genitive plural, and due to varying usage some writers also use ajo­suhteet or ajo-suhteet; there is no single standardized spelling.

Ajoolosuhteiden as a concept emphasizes reciprocal influence: how human actors influence algorithms and how those algorithms shape human behavior, expectations, and choices. It encompasses personal interactions in shared mobility, governance and data-sharing practices between platforms and cities, and the relationship between workers and platform-enabled services. It also includes non-human agents, such as AI routing systems and sensor networks, as participants in the mobility network.

In scholarly use, ajoolosuhteiden is used to analyze questions of accountability, transparency, privacy, safety, and trust in automated mobility. Researchers may examine how routing decisions affect rider experience, how data collection changes urban anonymity, and how platform incentives influence driver and passenger conduct. The concept remains unsettled and evolving as technology and policy change.

See also: Mobility as a service, human–computer interaction, algorithmic governance, smart cities.