Transit Bus Automation Market Assessment
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2023-09-01
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Edition:Final Report
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Abstract:Under its Strategic Transit Automation Research (STAR) Plan, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has conducted research on conceptual ideas, prototypes, and commercially available products related to automated vehicle technologies for transit bus operations. During that time, the development and testing of driving automation systems have received enthusiastic media coverage, and that coverage has included systems that have been applied to transit buses. In reading about transit buses equipped with driving automation systems, however, stakeholders may not always have sufficient objective information or clearly understand the difference between conceptual ideas, prototype systems, and available products. To help align expectations with reality and assist in transit agency planning, FTA published a Transit Bus Automation Market Assessment report in 2019, and it provided updates to the report in the form of addenda in 2020 and 2021. For this next edition of the Transit Bus Automation Market Assessment, FTA is releasing a standalone report that updates the report as a single document—research for this edition was conducted throughout 2022, with some additions in early 2023. This report attempts to convey the state of transit bus automation technology in terms of its availability, capabilities, and limitations. It aims to inform FTA, transit agencies, and other transit industry stakeholders interested in understanding the market. This market assessment considers automation at all levels and a broad definition of transit bus, including a range of passenger capacities and both traditional and novel vehicle designs.
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