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 work presented here is part of a bigger effort to design an automated highway system to improve the capacity and safety of the current highways. Automation of highways and in particular platooning of vehicles raises a number of control issues. In the design proposed by California PATH these issues are addressed by a hierarchical structure consi
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This document represents the final report for the Orange County Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS) Study, Prepared for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) The purpose of this report is to document the findings of the IVHS study and present the proposed system programs and elements. The study will also evaluate the proposed pro
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This Study is intended to provide a 20-year Master Plan for implementation of IVHS throughout Orange County. It is also intended to serve as a model for the development of IVHS strategic plans for other regions throughout the country. However, as new technologies are continually developing, and applications of existing technologies are expanding, i
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United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Technical Assistance and Safety
1992-04-01
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Participation of the transit community in the development and implementation of the Nation's Transit Planning and Research Program is vital. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recognizes this need, and has consulted with national interests in formulating the Department's legislative reauthorization proposal. The resultant Intermodal Surface T
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This report describes an interim assessment of the VAL (Vehicules Automatiques Legers or Light Automated Vehicle) AGT system which is currently under construction in Lille, France, and which is to become fully operational in December 1983. This report contains a technical description and performance data resulting from a demonstration test program
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Four essential aspects of the longitudinal control of vehicles in an automated, individual-vehicle system are considered here: a) Sector-level control; b) Communications between each controlled vehicle and the sector computer; c) The development of techniques for obtaining extremely accurate estimates of a vehicle's state; and d) The control of eac
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