Activity Area O -- Institutional and Societal Aspects

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• Alternative Title:
  Precursor Systems Analyses of Automated Highway Systems: Institutional and Societal Aspects [Title from Cover]
• Creators:
  Cluett, Christopher ; Morris, Fred ; Baden, Brett ; Nealey, Stan ; Branch, Kristi
• Corporate Creators:
  Battelle
• Contributors:
  Bishop, Dick
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Automated Highway Systems Human Factors Institutional Issues Social Factors
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-RD-95-045
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Resource Materials
• Contracting Officer:
  Bishop, Dick
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  To be successful, an AHS-engineered system must be compatible with the institutional and social environment in which it is expected to operate. Institutional aspects include such dimensions as relevant organizations and their interactions, the legal and regulatory framework, and the role of politics in the shaping of policy. Societal aspects include such dimensions as the factors that will govern public acceptability, the process by which interested parties are included in decision-making, the potential for beneficial or adverse social and economic consequences, and public perceptions of potential risks and benefits associated with AHS. Appropriately addressing the social and institutional aspects is likely to be at least as important for ultimate program success as successfully addressing the technical and engineering aspects. Because people are an integral part of the proposed systems, "people issues" must be anticipated, identified. evaluated, and accounted for at each stage of conceptualization, design, construction. and operations. For these reasons, we believe that institutional and societal analyses should be considered among the highest-priority activity areas. This task identifies and analyzes the institutional aspects of AHS systems. the societal aspects of AHS systems, and. for each institutional and societal aspect identified. describe potential courses of action for dealing with resulting issues. This document type is resource materials.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-93-C-00195
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2506990c834511529eca7dd153546af7dbe449d6e37aeb273281e61283e713f5822d136e4016ae1c8af3f9d09a39437a8762ad7e51641c0562a874666651dbb6
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75305/dot_75305_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.59 MB ]