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Title:

Implications of Connected and Automated Vehicles on the Safety and Operations of Roadway Networks: A Final Report

Report No.:

FHWA/TX-16/0-6849-1

Authors:

Kara Kockelman [and seventeen others]

Published:

2016

Austin, Texas

University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research (CTR)

Type:

Hard copy + Online document

1 volume (xvi, 189 pages, 113 unnumbered pages)

Online Access:

https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/ctr-publications/0-...

Access Note:

15.1 MB

Summary

Advances in vehicle automation and communication can dramatically reduce the economic and comprehensive costs of U.S. crashes. This report quantifies in detail the crash-related gains of various vehicle automation and connectivity features and anticipates their near-term and long-range impacts on car crashes in Texas. It also documents the best practices for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and other agencies to most cost-effectively facilitate Texans' adoption and use of top technologies. This study estimated the adoption of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies over the long term through the use of two surveys. The study also reviewed CAVs' impacts on safety, and estimated crash count and crash cost reductions via various CAV technologies. Finally, the report presents a benefit-cost (B-C) analysis that identifies top design and system management strategies for departments of transportation to follow, in the transition to new technologies and travel choices. This work provides practical recommendations emphasizing safety to assist TxDOT in optimally planning for these new technologies using a holistic and qualitative approach.

Publ. Place

Austin, Texas

Contents

Chapter 1. Executive Summary --
Chapter 2. Identifying CAV Technologies --
Chapter 3. Project Surveys --
Chapter 4. Safety Benefits of CAVs --
Chapter 5. Benefit-Cost Analysis of CAVs --
Chapter 6. Conclusions and Recommendations --
References

Notes

"Report Date August 2016; Published October 2016"

Study Number

TxDOT Research Project 0-6849

Study Title

Implications of Automated Vehicles on Safety, Design and Operation of the Texas Highway System

Study Sponsor

Lead University

CTR

Print Copy

Collection:

TxDOT/ University Research

Call Number:

6849-1

Copies Owned:

Reference Copy + Loan Copy

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Topics

Autonomous intelligent cruise control
Benefit cost analysis
Best practices
Innovative technologies
Intelligent vehicles
Mobile communication systems

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Cited in 2024 NCHRP Report 1101, "Transformational Technologies and Mobility Inclusion Playbook."

4/9/2024 at 12:55 PM

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Contributors

Kockelman, Kara
Bansal, Prateek
Boyles, Stephen Davis, 1982-
Bujanovic, Pavle
Choudhary, Tejas
Clements, Lewis M.
Domnenko, Gleb
Helsel, John W.
Hutchinson, Rebecca R.
Levin, Michael W.
Li, Jia, Ph.D.
Li, Tianxin
Loftus-Otway, Lisa Dawn
Nichols, Aqshems
Simoni, Michele Davide
Stewart, Duncan F.
Avery, Paul A.
Fagnant, Daniel James

Center for Transportation Research (CTR)
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
University of Utah

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