Technology to Ensure Equitable Access to Automated Vehicles for Rural Areas

Ninan, Stephen; Rathinam, Sivakumar

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Technology to Ensure Equitable Access to Automated Vehicles for Rural Areas

2023-08-01
By Ninan, Stephen ; Rathinam, Sivakumar

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English

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Creators:

Ninan, Stephen ; Rathinam, Sivakumar
Corporate Creators:

Safety through Disruption (Safe-D) University Transportation Center (UTC) ; Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
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Publication/ Report Number:

06-004
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Texas;United States
Edition:

Final Report, 9/2021 - 8/2023
Corporate Publisher:

Safety through Disruption (Safe-D) University Transportation Center (UTC)
Abstract:

A significant majority of state-of-the-art autonomous sensing and navigation technologies rely on good lane markings or detailed 3D maps of the environment, making them more suited for urban communities. Conversely, many rural roads in the U.S. do not have lane markings and have irregular boundaries. These challenges are common to many small and rural communities (SRCs), which are sparsely connected and cover huge areas. The objective of this project was to develop an efficient sensing and navigation system for SRCs that uses crowdsourced topological maps, such as OpenStreetMap, and provides high-level road network information in concert with onboard sensing systems that include lidar and cameras to localize and navigate an autonomous vehicle. The system was tested and validated on rural roads in an SRC around Bryan, TX.
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PDF
Funding:

69A3551747115/ Project 06-004
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/70413/dot_70413_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 5.29 MB]
Collection(s):

Autonomous Vehicles ; University Transportation Centers
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Technology to Ensure Equitable Access to Automated Vehicles for Rural Areas [supporting dataset]

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