Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Automated Vehicles · USDOT releases Automated Driving Systems (ADS) 2.0: A Vision for Safety September 12, 2017 Roundtable on Data for Automated

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Automated Vehicles

16 Sept 2018

Martin Knopp, Associate Administrator

FHWA, Office of Operations

USDOT Strategic Plan for FY 2018-2022

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• Safety

• Infrastructure

• System Operations and

Performance

• Innovation• Development of Innovation

• Deployment of Innovation

• Accountability

USDOT Activities in Automation

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Event Date

USDOT releases Automated Driving Systems (ADS)

2.0: A Vision for SafetySeptember 12, 2017

Roundtable on Data for Automated Vehicle Safety December 7, 2017

Public Listening Summit on Automated Vehicle Policy March 1, 2018

Automated Vehicles 3.0 release Fall 2018

Work Zone Data Exchange Project Ongoing

V2X Mapping Stakeholder Input Ongoing

FHWA Request for Information (RFI) in March 2018

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Response Themes:

• Greater Uniformity and Quality in road markings and traffic control devices would

enable automation.

• FHWA shall take a Leadership role in convening stakeholders to encourage

collaboration.

• Certain Data Elements around the roadway environment are useful for industry,

State, and local DOTs to share and could improve automation operations.

• Conducting Pilots and supporting pilot testing are important for facilitating learning

and collaboration.

• Uncertainty in infrastructure investment and allocation of limited resources are key

concerns for State and local agencies.

• The FHWA is initiating a National conversation with

diverse stakeholders to discuss automated

vehicles.

• The National Dialogue on Highway Automation is a

series of meetings held across the country to

facilitate information sharing, identify key issues,

and support the transportation community to safely

and efficiently integrate automated vehicles into the

road network.

What Is the FHWA National Dialogue?

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Source: Federal Highway Administration

Stakeholder engagement activities to discuss the role of FHWA in automation

and explore issues of concern to FHWA and its stakeholders.

• Goals

1. Focus attention on highway automation readiness.

2. Catalyze nationwide engagement.

3. Evolve the national highway automation community.

4. Complement related USDOT summits and initiatives.

National Dialogue on Highway Automation

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FHWA may use inputs to:

1. Assess National issues and priorities

2. Develop guidance, best practices, and standards

3. Support necessary research

4. Adapt programs and policies

5. Create a National community or coalition

What Are Desired Outcomes?

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Source: Federal Highway Administration

• Planning and Policy

• Digital Infrastructure and Data

• Infrastructure Design and Multimodal Safety

• Operations

• Freight

National Dialogue Focus Areas

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National Dialogue Schedule

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Month Event Location

Jun. 7 Launch Workshop Detroit

Jun. 26-27 Planning and Policy Workshop Philadelphia

Aug. 1-2 Digital Infrastructure and Data Workshop Seattle

Sept. 5-6 Freight Workshop Chicago

Oct. 24-25 Operations Workshop Phoenix

Nov./Dec. Infrastructure Design and Safety Workshop Texas

Work Zone Data Initiative

Goal: Establish recommended

practice around WZ data

management.

Objectives

• Specify WZ activity data elements to support planning, construction, and real-time work zone operations.

• Stakeholder engagement.

• Use in applications.

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Research Focused

on Arterial

and Freeways

Cooperative Automated Driving Systems Research (CADS)

Arterial system V2I -

reduces fuel consumption

at intersections

by 20%.

Truck platooning - 10% fuel savings

Light vehicle platooning - doubles lane capacity11

Benefits of Cooperative Automated Driving Systems (CADS) Technology

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System (ADS)

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Platooning

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Bujanovic, P., Lochrane, TWP. "Finding Capacity Impacts and Passenger Car Equivalents of Platooning Enabled Vehicles

on Basic Segments" ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A: Systems, Volume 144, Issue 10, October 2018.

Cooperative Automated Vehicle (AV) Testing with Virginia DOT and Transurban

Objective:

Investigate the combination of speed harmonization, vehicle platooning, and cooperative merging at an entrance ramp for a single-lane, managed facility with access limited to cooperative automated vehicles.

Google Maps Images of the

Sites for the Cooperative

Automated Vehicle Testing

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Modeling and Automated Vehicles

Modeling provides an

economic and efficient

way to analyze different

AV scenarios.

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• Human factors issues

associated with cooperative

adaptive cruise control (CACC).

• Results suggest CACC has

strong potential to improve driver

safety by reducing the risk of

forward collisions in an extreme

braking event.

Human Factors Research

The Highway Driving Simulator

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FHWA - Office of Transportation Policy Studies

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Scenario Planning for Connected and Automated Vehicles: 2017-2018

Purpose: To equip agencies with information and tools to consider the uncertainties of CV/AV deployment.

• Created scenarios of potential CV/AV deployment.

• Conducted workshops to refine test scenarios.

• Assessed overarching scenario impacts and implications.

FHWA - Office of Transportation Policy Studies (continued)

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Transportation Symposium Series:

• Access to Smart City Transportation Symposium: 2017

• Purpose: To address policy solutions to transportation challenges and how smart technology will

change the transportation landscape.

• Addressed societal issues related to the implementation of smart systems, as well as governmental

and institutional roles and responsibilities.

• Transportation Data Policy and Governance Symposium: 2018

• Purpose: To identify emerging challenges and opportunities for government to utilize transportation

data for sound policy, planning, investment and system management.

• Discussed the current and evolving role of data in FHWA’s mission and how to help transportation

agencies access, analyze and apply data to strategic and performance objectives.

Cooperative Automated Transportation (CAT) Coalition

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Questions?