Autonomous Maintenance Technology (AMT)

Reducing hazard to roadway workers and achieving a safer working environment for both Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) employees and the public remains a key and critical strategic priority for CDOT. The advent of new technologies in the form of autonomous and connected vehicles presents a path for using technical advances to potentially reduce or eliminate threat to employees and maintaining public safety, with initial demonstration conducted with CDOT’s Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator/Impact Protection Vehicle. CDOT believes that this technology presents considerable potential to remove workers from risk, and the expansion of this technology both inside and outside of Colorado would be of benefit and therefore interest of the department. CDOT’s trial implementation and testing program for the ATMA/AIPV has generated interest and questions from other DOTs, motivating the need to develop a cooperative arrangement and agreement to spread and further research autonomy in maintenance applications. This effort aims to address these challenges by forming a coalition of transportation related groups with interest in autonomous maintenance technology research, and create a pooled fund to provide a single source of funding for unified research efforts that will benefit all contributing parties. This will allow for larger and more significant research projects to be undertaken and will lead to an overall cost savings by consolidating many different DOTs’ research efforts in the same field. This study aims to support and promote collaborative research efforts in the field of autonomous technologies in work zone applications, with the goal of improving the safety, efficiency and quality of work efforts, along with providing better solutions and valuable lessons learned for the integration of new technologies to further these goals. The participation of many transportation related agencies in this study furthers the cooperation in this industry, leading to improved future development of beneficial technologies and improved sharing of information and lessons learned. This is intended to further safety, efficiency, and quality of work done in this field for all relevant agencies.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/632

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $1,200,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(380)

  22610.06.01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  2829 W. Howard Place
  Denver, CO  United States  80204

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764

  Indiana Department of Transportation

  Indiana Government Center North
  100 North Senate Avenue
  Indianapolis, IN  United States  46204-2249

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754

  Michigan Department of Transportation

  Van Wagoner Building
  425 W. Ottawa Street
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155

  Missouri Department of Transportation

  1617 Missouri Blvd.
  P.O. Box 270
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65102

  North Dakota Department of Transportation

  608 East Boulevard Avenue
  Bismarck, ND  United States  58505-0700

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223

  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

  Keystone Building
  400 North Street
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Virginia Department of Transportation

  1408 E Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504

  Oklahoma Transportation

  200 NE 21st Street
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73105

  Nevada Department of Transportation

  1263 South Stewart Street
  Carson City, NV  United States  89712

  Alabama Department of Transportation

  1409 Coliseum Blvd.
  Montgomery, AL  United States  36130
• Managing Organizations:

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  4201 East Arkansas Avenue
  Denver, CO  United States  80222
• Project Managers:

  Reeves, David

• Start Date: 20180320
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 42350

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Cooperation; Lessons learned; Maintenance personnel; Technological innovations; Work zone safety
• Identifier Terms: Colorado Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01663476
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(380), 22610.06.01
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 22 2018 8:06AM