By leveraging advanced technologies, Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) hold the potential to increase transportation safety and efficiency. This collection showcases USDOT-funded research and data concerning AVs. Bookmark this collection: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_avs OR https://doi.org/10.21949/1x81-qs91.
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) recognizes that cooperative automated driving systems will have a transformative impact on how the nation’s highways will operate in the future. One of the proposed near-term services is truck platooning. Truck platooning promises fuel savings to platooning trucks by enabling them to follow eac
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Crashes involving transit vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians are a concern in Texas, especially in urban areas. This research explored the potential of automated and connected vehicle (AV/CV) technology to reduce or eliminate these crashes. The project objectives focused on identifying safety concerns related to the interaction of transit vehicl
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To establish a framework for considering these wraparound AV impacts in New York City, the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management led a multi-stakeholder initiative in conjunction with NYU’s C2SMART, USDOT University Transportation Center. The team hosted three workshops in December 2021 addressing issues and opportunities in sev
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This project seeks to examine how transit work will transform as autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is applied to the complex operating environment of public transit. While there is a legacy of autonomous transport in controlled settings such as airport “people movers,” recent technological advancements target both constrained busways and unconstra
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This report investigates and develops specifications for using blockchain and distributed organizations to enable decentralized delivery and finance of urban infrastructure. The project explores use cases, including: providing urban greening, street or transit infrastructure; services for street beautification, cleaning and weed or graffiti abateme
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This project sought to develop a coordinated and consistent multi-state approach to the setting of policies, laws, and regulations within the New England region to support the seamless operation of ADS-equipped vehicles across the New England states.
The operational characteristics of freight shipments will significantly change after implementation of autonomous and connected trucks (ACTs). This change will have major impacts on mobility, safety, and infrastructure service life. Truck platooning is one of the truck arrangements that will soon become feasible with connected vehicle technology. I
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Report and Period Covered 14. Sponsoring Agency Code 15. Supplemental Notes 16. Abstract Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are expected to improve safety by gradually reducing human decisions while driving. However, there are still questions on their effectiveness as we transition from almost 0% CAVs to 100% CAVs with different levels of vehi
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The objective of this project is to examine the potential effects of high-level vehicle automation on energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from vehicles. To achieve this, improved projections of future travel demand and patterns of autonomous vehicles (AVs) were obtained using a stated preference survey distributed in Indianapolis, Indi
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Autonomous vehicles (AVs) could have both positive and negative impacts on public health. The most notable benefits relate to reduction in crashes and pollutant emissions. Conversely, AVs can limit opportunities for active travel and associated health benefits. If the adoption of the AV or shared AV technology is not adequately designed, it could l
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Motor vehicle crashes are one of the top ten causes of death in the United States. In 2019, more than 36,096 people lost their lives in road crashes. All drivers are at risk of being involved in a crash, regardless of whether they drive on familiar roads with the safest vehicles. According to Traffic Safety Facts published by the National Highway T
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Through its Emerging Mobility initiative, the National Park Service (NPS) implemented two electric, automated shuttle pilots at Yellowstone National Park and Wright Brothers National Memorial. “The Electric Driverless Demonstration in Yellowstone” (TEDDY) pilot operated from June to August 2021 with two Local Motors Olli shuttles operated by Beep,
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The study developed Human-Autonomous Vehicle Interaction Testbed (HAVIT), a VR-based platform that enables researchers and designers to quickly configure AV interaction scenarios and evaluate their design concepts during the design process in a holistic and consistent manner. The HAVIT presents an efficient workflow that combines the tasks of Scena
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With greater vehicle automation, research on how the communication of capabilities and limitations of automated driving systems (ADSs) impacts safety needed. High profile crashes involving misuse of partial driving automation systems (L2) suggest that some drivers over-trust currently available L2 ADSs relative to their capabilities. This could wor
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Increasing the level of autonomy in both small aircraft and autos has the potential to generate greater efficiency and utility in multimodal regional transportation systems. In previous research, the PI and collaborators developed a computational analysis framework to assess the impact of aircraft technology advancement in electric propulsion and a
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Transportation is experiencing disruptive forces in recent years. One key disruption is the development of autonomous vehicles (AVs) that will be capable of navigating roadways on their own without the need for human presence in the vehicle. In a utopian scenario, AVs may enter the transportation landscape and foster a more sustainable and livable
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The first part of this study addresses the use of fog-cloud architecture for a deep reinforcement learning-based control framework and presents a case study involving urban traffic dynamic rerouting. Past work has shown that dynamic rerouting can mitigate traffic congestion and can be facilitated using emerging technologies such as Deep Reinforceme
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Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are an emerging theme for future transportation. However, research on pedestrian-AV interaction, which promotes pedestrian safety during autonomous driving, is not a well-explored domain. One challenge preventing the development of pedestrian-AV interaction research is that there is no publicly available and standardized b
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Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will generate a revolution in the transportation system, with great potential to improve traffic safety, efficiency, and environmental sustainability. However, the transition to CAVs will occur over time and, during it, CAVs will coexist with human-driven vehicles (HDVs) in the traffic flow. While several st
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Shared transportation has grown significantly as renewed interest in urbanism and growing social and economic concerns have strengthened the need for sustainable alternatives. Shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) are emerging as an alternative mode of transportation that could improve mobility and accessibility. However, the implications of SAVs on so
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