Automated Vehicle Pooled Fund Study

Automated Vehicles (AV) are part of the disruptive technologies within the transportation system, and they show great potential for reducing crashes and fatalities. There are dozens of pilots and demonstrations nationwide and the research team expects this to be an increasing part of our transportation future. States are a significant part of developing AV policy, infrastructure and operations. There are common questions and needs for states and collectively they can leverage funding and thinking to research priority items and accelerate progress. With this background, the pooled fund study entitled “Automated Vehicle Research Program” is proposed to provide a means to conduct the research necessary for State DOTs to play their appropriate role in advancing transportation safety using Autonomous Vehicles. The focus area of this pooled fund will be aligned with the creation of the I-70 / I-75 Automation Crossroads of America. With the focus on I-70 and I-75, DriveOhio also recognizes the need to expand of the pooled fund focus to urban and rural routes spurring off of I-70 and I-75 that will address first / last mile challenges. Through this pooled fund, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will work with federal and state departments of transportation to establish multiple projects to research vehicle-roadway interaction including data failures and mitigation methods, identify and define standards, and encourage interoperability across state borders.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/680

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Programmed
• Funding: $1750000
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(453)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  2800 Berlin Turnpike
  Newington, CT  United States  06131

  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

  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

  Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration

  707 N. Calvert Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202
• Project Managers:

  Martindale, Jill

• Start Date: 20210218
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Deployment; Interoperability; Plan implementation; Policy; Rural highways; Safety; State departments of transportation; Transportation planning; Urban highways
• Identifier Terms: Ohio Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01741858
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(453)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 2 2020 3:27PM