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      <title>The Efficiency and Affordability of Automated Vehicle Passenger Services in Rural and Under-Served Communities</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We propose to assess the expected efficiency and affordability of automated vehicle (AV) passenger services, such as Waymo and Cruise, in rural and underserved communities. Our methodology involves applying an innovative model to predict the human-driven ride-hailing demand (Uber and Lyft) for every Census tract in the Southeast, assessing the potential for AVs to reduce the cost of providing equivalent service, and predicting how the demand would change in response to cost reductions.  We have already developed the predictive model, and via this CR2C2 REEG grant, we will quickly scale it up for large scale application and test its spatial transferability against observed data in rural areas. The results will enable transportation policy makers to engage with the AV companies in an informed way as the companies continue their roll-out in the Southeast.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 19:01:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>U.S. Airport Industry Adoption of Automated Ground Vehicle Systems</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Automated ground vehicle technology is increasingly used to support road transportation, and ACRP Research Report 219: Advanced Ground Vehicle Technologies for Airside Operations identified potential opportunities for its use in an airport setting.  The automation of vehicles and other systems on the airside is an area where possible benefits could be numerous for airports and their stakeholders, but more data needs to be collected.  Additionally, with those benefits in mind, airports need to better understand the next steps to implement this technology.

 Airports already may use automated vehicles in operations, such as snow removal, grass cutting, and friction measurement.  As the entity with primary responsibility for ground vehicle permitting and activities on non-movement areas, airports also are responsible for defining requirements, systems, and minimum standards that enable and support tenants and other airport users to safely implement automated ground vehicle systems (AGVS) on airport property.  There have been pilot programs on automated vehicles at airports throughout the United States and abroad, and collecting the data and aggregating findings would be useful in building a framework for the U.S. airport industry to begin a more widespread rollout and adoption of automated ground vehicles.   

 OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this research are a framework by which the U.S. airport industry can have a consistent and standardized adoption of AGVS with a focus on their use for airside operations and a playbook that is written for individual airports, scalable for airports of all sizes, providing progressive phases for implementation, and vendor agnostic. 

 (AGVS, for the purpose of this project, encompass any vehicle or system that moves across the ground and is not attached to a physical building.)

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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:55:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Aviation Rumble Strips to Enhance Aviation Safety</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rumble strips have proven to be a cost effective way to increase safety on roadways and the application of this technology may be appropriate to provide a warning of an upcoming intersection with an active runway to reduce runway incursions. The proposed research project includes two phases: (1) Preliminary Evaluation of Aviation Rumble Strips at a Single Site. Identification, installation, testing and evaluation of rumble strip alternatives at one field site.  Phase I will result in a recommended rumble strip design configuration for deployment in Phase II.  Due to the experimental nature of Phase I work, rumble strips will be constructed in an apron area that is not routinely taxied over by aircraft, but where aircraft can operate solely for the purposes of this project.  The contract for Phase I will extend through May 2015 which will allow flexibility to expand the scope and budget if Phase II is warranted. (2) Field Evaluation of Aviation Rumble Strips at Multiple General Aviation (GA) Airports. Installation, testing and evaluation of proposed rumble strip on airfields at two or three GA airports, with data collection for both aircraft and ground vehicles. Rumble strips have proven to be a cost effective way to increase safety on roadways and the application of this technology may be appropriate to provide a warning of an upcoming intersection with an active runway to reduce runway incursions]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 16:03:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Research Program Design---Administration of Highway and Transportation Agencies. Evaluation Guidance for Automated Vehicle Pilot and Demonstration Projects</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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