Estimating Impacts of Automated Shuttles
Despite growing interest in the low-speed automated shuttle concept, pilot deployments have only just begun in a few places in the U.S., and there is a lack of studies that estimate the societal impacts of a widespread deployment of automated shuttles that are designed to supplement existing transit networks. This project will estimate the potential impacts of automated shuttles based on a deployment scenario generated for a sample geographic area—Santa Clara County, California. Metrics are anticipated to address safety; accessibility, equity; energy, air quality, noise; vehicle miles traveled, passenger miles traveled, vehicle occupancy. The project will: identify sample deployment markets within Santa Clara County using a GIS screening exercise; test the mode share changes of an automated shuttle deployment scenario using BEAM, an open-source travel demand model developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and report the societal impacts based on the model outputs.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $68905
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551747127
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Stearns, Amy
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Performing Organizations:
Mineta Consortium for Transportation Mobility
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA United States 95112 -
Principal Investigators:
Hsueh, Gary
- Start Date: 20180901
- Expected Completion Date: 20200930
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Forecasting; Geographic information systems; Impacts; Implementation; Intelligent vehicles; Metrics (Quantitative assessment); Modal shift; Shuttle buses; Travel demand
- Geographic Terms: Santa Clara (California)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01682044
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Mineta Consortium for Transportation Mobility
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551747127
- Files: UTC, RiP
- Created Date: Sep 26 2018 7:39PM