PROGRESSIVE DEPLOYMENT STEPS LEADING TOWARD AN AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2000
Subject Area
infrastructure - vehicle, land use - planning, mode - bus
Keywords
Transit buses, Strategies, Strategic planning, Priorities, Objectives, Manpower utilization, Lightweight cars, Light vehicles, Heavy duty trucks, Goals, Deployment, Constraints, Automatic highway systems, Automated highway systems
Abstract
The most serious challenge to the credibility of highway automation as a potential solution to transportation problems has been the lack of a convincing deployment strategy. Such a strategy is needed to show how to advance, step by step, from today's transportation system to a future system that includes automated highway systems (AHSs). The existing literature on AHS deployment is reviewed, and a set of principles that can be used to govern the design of AHS deployment strategies is suggested. A deployment sequence for AHSs is proposed, beginning with adaptive cruise control and then adding elements of vehicle-vehicle cooperation and lane protection to build toward AHS capabilities within the constraints of technological and human factors and economic feasibility. Finally, some example deployment "road maps" are shown for transit buses, heavy trucks, and light-duty passenger vehicles.
Recommended Citation
Shladover, S. (2000). PROGRESSIVE DEPLOYMENT STEPS LEADING TOWARD AN AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 1727, p. 154-161.
