Supporting People with Vision Impairments in Automated Vehicles: Challenge and Opportunities

Details

• Creators:
  Brewer, Robin ; Ellison, Nicole
• Corporate Creators:
  Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Attitudes
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Focus groups
  • Implementation
  • Recommendations
  • Ridesharing
  • Visually impaired persons
  • User interfaces (Computer science)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  F049674
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report (February 2018 –August 2019)
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Michigan. Center for Connected and Automated Transportation
• Abstract:
  Autonomous and automated vehicles (AVs) will provide many opportunities for mobility and independence for people with vision impairments (PwVI). This project provides insights on the challenges and potential barriers to their adoption of AVs. The authors examine adoption and use of ridesharing services. The authors study ridesharing as a proxy for AVs as they are a similar means of single-rider transportation for PwVI through observations and interviews. The authors also investigate perceptions towards autonomous vehicles and prototypes to address perceived barriers to AV use through design focus groups with blind and low vision people. From these studies, the authors provide recommendations to AV manufacturers and suppliers for how to best design vehicles and interactive systems that people with vision impairments trust.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747105
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56391/dot_56391_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Autonomous Vehicles ; University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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