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.
Although the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) now provides empirical tools for predicting the safety consequences of highway engineering decisions, these tools represent the prevailing driver and vehicle conditions in the United States during the last few decades. As automated vehicles improve in capability and increase in market share, these conditions
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This report presents the results of a test and evaluation effort that assessed the performance of three research mobility applications implemented by the open-source second-generation Cooperative Automation Research Mobility Applications (CARMA2) platform. This platform enables the research and development of cooperative automated driving system ca
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Connectivity and automation in vehicles have the potential to change nearly every aspect of our transportation system. Vehicles with these capabilities are already being tested on public roads and are beginning to enter the national fleet. These vehicles have the potential to bring numerous benefits to the public, but these benefits come with trade
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Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) have the capability to acquire real-time information from each other while human-driven vehicles (HVs) are standalone in the vehicle roadway navigation system. The information asymmetry poses great challenges in managing and controlling vehicles in the mixed traffic. To address such challenges, a new lane-ch
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Study Objectives: 1) Understanding what influences decisions of postponing the purchase, keeping or giving up private vehicle ownership of non-AVs in the short and long run. 2) Assessing the intention to switch from public transportation in favor of ride-sharing services operated in AVs.
Research Objectives: Assess public acceptance of AVs across disadvantaged areas. Identify market segments with different characteristics and different levels of adoption Identify transportation disadvantaged areas. Provide best strategies and suggestions to these areas to ensure smooth transition.
This data management plan (DMP) explains how data from the project "Connected Autonomous Traffic Signal Control Algorithms and Fleet Vehicles" will be managed and shared.The purpose of the research project is to create field-ready, Connected-Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)-based traffic control programs that will improve operations and safety of trucks a
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This report summarizes the project activities and results of the Generation 2 (Gen2) Driver Assist System (DAS) used by the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) for bus shoulder operations. It provides warnings for lane departure, side collision, and forward collision. The Gen2 DAS is a GPS-based technology suite that provides lane position fe
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With the increasing adoption of adaptive cruise control (ACC) and development of cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC), their effect on traffic, energy, and emissions is an ever more urgent question. Using the rapidly growing body of research on these impacts, this report presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of 67 recent studies. The
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Objective: This article provides a review of empirical studies of automated vehicle takeovers and driver modeling to identify influential factors and their impacts on takeover performance and suggest driver models that can capture them. Background: Significant safety issues remain in automated-to-manual transitions of vehicle control. Developing mo
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Traffic signals, while serving an important function to coordinate vehicle movements through intersections, also cause frequent stops and delays, particularly when they are not properly timed. Such stops and delays contribute to significant amount of fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The recent development of connected and automated ve
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A study investigated the cognitive underpinnings of consumers’ beliefs and confidence in their beliefs about fully automated vehicles. Following previous research, opinions about self-driving cars tended to be mixed. The most negative views were held by consumers who had the least knowledge of self-driving cars. Low trust in technology was also ass
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A survey was conducted to examine the relationship between consumers’ beliefs about automated vehicles, their knowledge of automated vehicles, and their views about technology. The researchers investigated how knowledge of self-driving vehicles, perceived knowledge of self-driving vehicles, general beliefs about the self, and beliefs about technolo
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Automated vehicles (AVs) have the potential to disrupt the current transportation system and culture. While experts debate the exact timeline, the question is likely a matter of when, not if. Therefore, communities of all kinds need to prepare for this future. Small urban and rural communities, in particular, could benefit from the development of t
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Automated vehicle (AV) technology is rapidly moving towards reality and will be mature within the next decade. However, the physical, institutional, and legal infrastructure for enabling widespread adoption of this technology is still lagging significantly. The focus of this research is on developing a decision framework for optimal upgrading of th
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This document contains an overview of the software infrastructure developed under the SAFER-SIM project “Developing an Open Source Multi-Agent Simulation Environment for Connected Autonomous Vehicles”. We provide a description of the four foundational simulation elements – agent dynamics, sensing, communication, and virtual worlds – that anchor Syn
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This toolbox was developed to provide a summary of information that local agencies should be aware of to prepare for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). The main goal of this toolbox is to assist local agencies in preparing for CAVs in the short term—5 to 10 years. Since local agencies are not generally expected to have the resources to becom
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This report is an examination of parking, curb zones, and government service changes in the context of AVs. Given that there are very few actual AVs on the road, the analysis in this report is an attempt to project what we might see, using the current phenomenon as starting points. The report uses a mix of econometric modeling, cost accounting, and
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Autonomous vehicles create new opportunities for innovative intelligent traffic systems. Variable speed limits, which is a speed management systems that can adjust the speed limit according to traffic condition or predefined speed control algorithm on different road segments, can be better implemented with the cooperation of autonomous vehicles. Th
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Over the past decade, several studies have determined that vehicles equipped with forward collision warning (FCW) systems can help drivers reduce their likelihood of getting into a crash. To date, the research has only addressed the initial safety benefits incurred by drivers using FCW systems based on short-term exposure (up to one month), and not
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