Development of ATMA/AIPV Deployment Guidelines Considering Traffic and Safety Impacts

Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator/Impact Protection Vehicle (ATMA/AIPV) is a quickly emerging technology and is expected to bring considerable potentials in transportation infrastructure maintenance by removing drivers from the risk. The system includes a lead truck (LT), a follow truck (FT), a truck mounted attenuator (TMA) installed on the FT, and a leader-follower system that enables the FT to drive autonomously and follow the LT. While exciting technology is being developed and shows promising benefits in roadway maintenance, what’s not well studied is the impacts of such autonomous system to traffic operation and roadway safety, and subsequently how should DOT develop deployment strategies with those aspects taken into consideration. To bridge this important gap, this project aims to study the associated critical research questions, and in the end develop a practical software tool that takes in DOT inputs such as roadway network GIS shapefile, traffic counts and ATMA/AIPV system characteristics, and outputs a set of recommended deployment strategies, including the roadway maintenance sequence, staffing plan and needed resource, potential impacts to the traffic network and any suggested traffic management plan to ensure a smooth and safe traffic flow while effectively maintaining the roadway facilities.

• Record URL:
  https://matc.unl.edu/research/research_project.php?researchID=581

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $185144
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747107

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68583-0851

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68583-0851
• Performing Organizations:

  Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla

  Department of Engineering
  202 University Center
  Rolla, MO    65409
• Principal Investigators:

  Hu, Xianbiao

• Start Date: 20191213
• Expected Completion Date: 20201231
• Actual Completion Date: 20221231
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
• Source Data: RiP Project 91994-57

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Impacts; Implementation; Recommendations; Software; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Truck mounted attenuators; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01738467
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Mid-America Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747107
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Apr 29 2020 1:03PM