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Title:

Enhancing the Roadway Physical Infrastructure for Advanced Vehicle Technologies: A Case Study in Pavement Markings for Machine Vision and a Road Map Toward a Better Understanding

Accession Number:

01628849

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

How can the highway infrastructure owners, operators, maintainers, and product providers adapt and evolve to accommodate advanced vehicle technologies and eventually self- driving vehicles? There is not an agreed on future about how self-driving vehicles will work or when they will arrive. Likewise, it is still unclear if the same physical infrastructure is needed in the future compared to what exists today. However, advanced vehicle technologies are already here and more are coming. Level 2 automation is available in such vehicles as the Tesla (Auto Pilot) and soon GM (Super Cruise). In these systems, and many other vehicles, forward looking cameras are already common technology that detect markings to provide the driver with an array of safe driving features. With improved collaboration between the infrastructure and automotive industries, there is potential to accelerate the safety and efficiency benefits of vehicle technologies. This paper was produced to raise awareness, share experiences, and outline possible work that could be used to lead toward a better understanding of how the physical infrastructure may be modified (designed, operated, and maintained differently) to better accommodate vehicle technologies and produce some answers to the question raised in the first sentence of this abstract.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHB30 Standing Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation. Alternate title: Enhancing the Roadway Physical Infrastructure for Advanced Vehicle Technologies: Case Study in Pavement Markings for Machine Vision and Road Map Toward Better Understanding

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-06250

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Carlson, Paul J
Poorsartep, Mohammad

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Photos

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-06250

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 12:32PM