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Technology Task Force

What Was the Need?

As with most aspects of modern life, technology has transformed transportation for decades. However, the pace is about to accelerate, as the capacity to fully integrate information systems with transportation vehicles promises to substantially reduce the role of human participation in mobility. Texas is not strongly positioned to best implement, finance, or otherwise leverage emerging technologies in the near and mid-term due to (1) lack of awareness of those technologies and their interactions with the transportation system, (2) dated planning and financing mechanisms, and (3) conflicts between new technologies and existing enforcement frameworks. Texas needs to develop the capacity to be a thought leader on emerging technologies and their potential to enhance the transportation system.

What's the Solution?

Texas' 83rd Legislature charged TxDOT with examining and evaluating innovative transportation technologies for purposes of cost savings, reducing traffic congestion, enhancing safety, and increasing economic productivity. As a result, the Texas Transportation Task Force was formed encompassing a group of experts who discussed four groups of emerging transportation technologies including connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles, electric systems, and cloud computing/ crowdsourcing technologies.

Project Number

0-6803

Status

Completed

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Project Details

Start Date

2/28/2013

End Date

12/31/2013

Performing Institution(s)

Center for Transportation Research (CTR)

Research Team

RS: C. Michael Walton, Co-PI: Peter J. Jin

Sponsor

Notes

Continued by 0-6803-01

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Index Terms

Automated vehicle control
Cloud computing
Crowdsourcing
Electric vehicle charging
Electric vehicles
Evaluation and assessment
Implementation
Intelligent transportation systems
ITS program technologies
Mobile communication systems
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Testing

Lead University

CTR

Researcher

Walton, C. Michael
Jin, Peter J.

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kevyn

See Texas Tribune coverage, "Report: State Should Not Idle on Transportation Technology Planning," Dec. 17, 2013 https://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/17/report-prepping-new-transportation-technology/

12/5/2017 at 9:58 AM

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kevyn

This project was included in the "2014 Research Impacts: Better--Faster--Cheaper" publication by AASHTO RAC (Research Advisory Council) -- https://research.transportation.org/High-Value-Research-Projects/

12/18/2017 at 1:41 PM

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