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http://onlinepubs.trb.org...epubs/millennium/00144.pdf

The implementation of vehicle-highway automation early in the 21st century will provide an enhanced level of surface transportation accessibility and mobility. Vehicle-highway automation technologies and systems can be described in four categories: warning systems that sense and then advise drivers of potential hazards, control assistance systems that augment the driver's ability to control the vehicle, control override systems that intervene in some aspect of the control of the vehicle during unsafe conditions, and automated control systems that control all motions of the vehicle. Automation has the ability to generate fundamental changes in transportation, including improvements in safety, spurred economic development, reduced traffic congestion, and extended mobility for many, especially the elderly and disabled. This paper describes some probable directions, recognizing that the actual future depends mostly on how transportation automation opportunities evolve and integrate with the future needs of individuals and society.

This paper is available on the CD-ROM, Transportation in the New Millennium: State of the Art and Future Directions, Perspectives from Transportation Research Board Standing Committees. It is also available on the TRB Website. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

English

8 p.

2000

Transportation in the New Millennium

Aged drivers; Automated highway systems; Automated highways; Automated vehicle control; Automation; Control systems; Driver support systems; Forecasting; Highway safety; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Technological innovations; Traffic safety; Vehicle safety; Warning systems

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

TRIS, TRB

Feb 24 2000 12:00AM