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An Assessment of Autonomous Vehicles: Traffic Impacts and Infrastructure Needs

What Was the Need?

With partially automated vehicles (i.e., the Tesla Model S) already available to consumers, the transition to CAVs has begun. Automobile enterprises, researchers, and policymakers are interested in anticipating CAV adoption rates over time. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) needs to anticipate the adoption rates and benefits of various levels of vehicle automation and connectivity for both Texas households and businesses in order to support CAV adoption and system management through optimal policies and investments.

What's the Solution?

This work forecast Americans’ long-term (2015 to 2045) adoption levels of CAV technologies under eight different scenarios and made an assessment of the benefits, costs, and impacts for surface transportation systems. The researchers investigated how connected and (fully) automated vehicles (CAVs) can affect traffic congestion and travel demand, and developed best-practice recommendations for TxDOT.

Project Number

0-6847

Status

Completed

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Project Details

Start Date

1/15/2015

End Date

12/31/2016

Performing Institution(s)

Center for Transportation Research (CTR)

Research Team

RS: Kara Kockelman

Sponsor

Project Manager

Darrin Jensen

Amount Funded

FY15: $126,625
FY16: $165,303
FY17: $49,460

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Functional Area

Safety and Operations

Index Terms

Advanced vehicle control systems
Economic impacts
Intelligent vehicles
Mobile communication systems

Lead University

CTR

Researcher

Kockelman, Kara

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kevyn

A project workshop will be held December 2, 2016 for interested TxDOT staff. WebEx option available for those who can not attend in Austin. http://ctr.utexas.edu/event/txdot-6847/

10/31/2016 at 1:50 PM

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Record Added:

3/12/2015

Record Updated:

11/13/2023 11:34 AM EST

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