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      <title>Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Technology on Transportation Systems</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is expected to fundamentally change transportation systems. The Transportation Planning Branch at NCDOT, which is responsible for the state’s longrange transportation plan, needs state-of-the-art information and predictions on AV technology and its potential impacts on transport to be better prepared for the upcoming changes and maximize the social benefits that this technology will enable. The Transportation Systems group faculty (Drs. Bardaka, List, Rouphail, and Williams) and Dr. Frey (Environmental Engineering) in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at NCSU as well as Dr. Cummings, the Director of the Humans and Autonomy Laboratory at Duke University will work together to leverage existing research in the area of AV technology to evaluate impacts and provide policy and future research recommendations to NCDOT. The study will include a comprehensive
literature review on AV technology and its impact on transportation demand, capacity, mobility, traffic safety, emissions, energy use, and land use. The results of previous research will be analyzed and case studies for North Carolina will be developed. The study will also provide recommendations to NCDOT regarding changes in policies and regulations, future test plans and test infrastructure, and research priorities in the area of AV technology. As part of this study, the researchers will work closely with the Transportation Planning Branch to provide guidance on how existing models (such as the statewide demand model) could be adapted to account for the presence of AVs.]]></description>
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      <title>Congestion Mitigation Potential of Autonomous (Driverless) Vehicles: A Scenario Based Approach</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The advent of new vehicular technologies has raised considerable debate about the potential impacts of such disruptive technologies on traveler behavior, demand for transportation services and infrastructure, and transportation network performance. There are a number of disruptive technologies that are being considered with various levels of automation, control, and communication protocols. The US Department of Transportation has ongoing initiatives related to the deployment of connected vehicle systems, and the development of analysis, modeling, and simulation tools that would facilitate the analysis of the impacts and potential congestion benefits that such connected vehicle infrastructure systems may provide. The challenge facing the profession is that there is very little information, analysis, modeling, or behavioral studies that provide a rigorous prediction of the potential impacts of these technologies on human activity&amp;#8208;travel behavior, freight systems, public transit and taxi systems, and household and firm location choices (land use). The overall goal of this project is to develop a rigorous framework that is founded on sound behavioral constructs and analytical methods that would allow the accurate estimation of the impacts of autonomous, driverless, connected, and other advanced vehicular technologies under a variety of scenarios. This objective will be accomplished through the following 6 tasks: (1) Literature Review; (2) Definition of Advanced Vehicular Technologies and Levels of Automation; (3) Development of Scenarios of Advanced Vehicular Technology Deployment; (4) Identification of Range of Possible Impacts for Different Transportation Markets; (5) Development of Conceptual Framework; (6) Submission of Final Report.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:43:50 GMT</pubDate>
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