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 National Automated Highway System Consortium (NAHSC), ITS America and the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) co-sponsored a two-day workshop in Washington, DC on February 5-6, 1997 to examine the liability issues associated with crash-avoidance (automated vehicle control systems, or AVCS) and automated hig
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This document is the project implementation plan for the Variable Dynamic Testbed Vehicle (VDTV) program, sponsored by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Office of Crash Avoidance Research (OCAR) programs in support of Thrust One of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA's) five-thrust program toward the Intelligent Vehicle
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This safety document covers the entire safety process from inception to delivery of the Variable Dynamic Testbed Vehicle. In addition to addressing the process of safety on the vehicle, it should provide a basis on which to build future safety procedures. The safety procedures will need to address not only testbed operational issues, but also vehic
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This report is a result of the efforts undertaken for Task 6 of the Orange CountyIntelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS) Study, the development of an Action Plan forimplementation of the Orange County IVHS Master Plan.
First paragraph: "Thank you for your kind invitation to participate in this meeting and talk about a subject very dear to my heart. What role should the Government play in commercialization of mobile fuel cells. Since I retired from the government nearly 3 years ago, I find myself wondering, whether is it only my imagination that Federally funded r
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It is widely believed that barriers to an automated highway system (AHS) deployment are due more to institutional, economic, and legal issues than technology limitations. In order to sustain and accelerate the AHS deployment process, it is desirable to demonstrate the benefits of advanced vehicle control systems (AVCS) as soon as possible. An ideal
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In September 1995 the Council of Ministers requested the Commission’ to submit a detailed report on the activities of the European Union in the field of Road Transport Telematics (RTT), including a cost-benefit analysis of the envisaged measures. This document is a response to that request. It contains the main results from the research and develop
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An ongoing research project examines guidance systems, which can take over control of a vehicle if the driver becomes incapacitated. Part of this project includes an evaluation of a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) for vehicle-based lane sensing. This report documents the results of tests of the 5 Hz NovAtel RT20 DGPS receiver. A serie
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This report documents the results of the second of the two Phase II activities, design of the test bed, and serves as deliverable 8 of the contract. The first two sections provide an overview of the run-off-road crash problem, and a description of the functional goals a run-of-road collision avoidance countermeasure needs to address in order to be
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In 1993. the Federal Highway Administration awarded a series of contracts under their Automated Highway Systems program. the contracts, which totaled 14.1 million, were awarded to 15 separate teams of researchers and were completed in late 1994. these contracts addressed the major issues and risks associated with automated vehicle control on our Na
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The California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways Program (PATH) has been leading the way in ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) research since PATH's founding in 1986, before the term ITS or its predecessor IVHS (Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems) had even been coined. PATH's purpose is to develop the foundations for the widespread
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An Autonomous Intelligent Cruise Control (AICC) has been designed using a feedforward artificial neural network, as an example for utilizing artificial neural networks for nonlinear control problems arising in intelligent transportation systems applications. The AICC is based on a simple nonlinear model of the vehicle dynamics. A Neural Network Con
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This Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project bridges the gap between proposed Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) decision-making methods and the proposed Advanced Vehicle Control System (AVCS) by providing numerical techniques for determining information necessary to make and implement intelligent driving decisions. The resul
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The check-out process is a critical component for ensuring AHS safety. It concerns the process of assuring safe transfer of control from the automated driving system to manual driving. Because the driver has been out of the driving loop during AHS operation, there is concern that the driver will not be ready or capable of assuming driving control a
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The main emphasis of the Lateral and Longitudinal Control analysis was directed toward (1) a detailed review and study of the various technologies that may be utilized to provide sensors for lateral position measurement and longitudinal headway, and (2) a rather detailed digital simulation of a longitudinal control loop including the vehicle, engin
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The purpose of this activity was to identify issues/risks involved in vehicle operation during the development of the Automated Highway Systems (AHS). The study primarily was concerned with evolution and deployment of AHS; and reliability and safety issues associated with in-vehicle components. To identify existing and promising AHS related compone
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This document is the Executive Summary of the results of the study of Lateral/ Longitudinal control issues under the Precursor System Analyses for the Automated Highway System (AHS). It is intended to provide a high-level overview of outcomes and conclusions for those not interested in the full depth of the documented results. Having read this docu
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This report is the final documentation of a Comparable Systems Analysis which compared Automated Highways Systems (AHS) to Air Traffic management (ATM). Lessons Learned from ATM and recommendation for AHS are documented. The lessons learned and recommendations are more technical in nature than institutional or society. This Precursor Systems Analys
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Entry/exit is one of the major components of highway transportation service. Some might say it is the most important component since it ties directly to origin and destination (OD) pairs, as airline service is tied to city pairs and airport capacity. Entry/exit capacity can dictate a freeway system capacity. As we increase the freeway cruise lane c
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