Legal Problems Arising Out of Highway Programs. Topic 26-03. Multistate Coordination and Harmonization for AV Legislation

The objective of this research is to produce a legal research digest that identifies the legal issues and barriers that exist for the national harmonization of state automated vehicle (AV) laws. This research should focus on AV deployment rather than testing. Deployment is the operation of a vehicle on public roads by members of the public who are not employees, contractors, or designees of a manufacturer or other testing entity. This research should also focus on the deployment of Level 3 (Conditional Automation), Level 4 (High Automation), and Level 5 (Full Automation) AV as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International with special consideration to the laws and regulations that need to be harmonized to better encourage seamless national deployment and operations of highly automated vehicles.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5244

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $50000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-06, Topic 26-03

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Chisholm-Smith, Gwen

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research, 3208 Red River Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78705
• Principal Investigators:

  Loftus-Otway, Lisa

• Start Date: 20220725
• Expected Completion Date: 20230725
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Coordination; Deployment; Federal government; Legal factors; Legislation; Level 3 driving automation; Level 4 driving automation; Level 5 driving automation; Regulation; Standardization; State government; State laws; States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01784999
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-06, Topic 26-03
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 19 2021 12:53PM