Strategies to advance automated and connected vehicles : briefing document.

The briefing document is based on NCHRP Research Report 845: Advancing Automated and Connected Vehicles: Policy and Planning Strategies for State and Local Transportation Agencies. The report assesses policy and planning strategies at the state, regional, and local levels that could influence privat...

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Corporate Authors:	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Transportation Research Board, [2017]
Series:	Transportation Research Board miscellaneous publication. NCHRP research report ; 845.
Subjects:	intelligent vehicles. Connected vehicles. Automated vehicles Strategic planning. Transportation, Automotive > Law and legislation. Traffic regulations.
Online Access:	http://www.trb.org/NCHRP/Blurbs/176508.aspx Email address required to view/download the free text.

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Summary:	The briefing document is based on NCHRP Research Report 845: Advancing Automated and Connected Vehicles: Policy and Planning Strategies for State and Local Transportation Agencies. The report assesses policy and planning strategies at the state, regional, and local levels that could influence private-sector automated vehicle (AV) and connected vehicle (CV) choices to positively affect societal goals. The report aims to assist agencies with exploring actions that might increase the likelihood that AV and CV technologies will have beneficial impacts on traffic crashes, congestion, pollution, land development, and mobility (particularly for older adults, youths under the age of 16, and individuals with disabilities).
Item Description:	Cover title. Strategies to Advance Automated and Connected Vehicles: Briefing Document accompanies the NCHRP report 845 and summarizes the key findings of the report. It is intended for state, regional, and local agency and political decision makers who are framing public policy making for these transformational technologies. The briefing document makes the case for taking action in spite of uncertainties and presents 18 policy and planning strategies that may be useful in advancing societal goals.
Physical Description:	29 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm Also available online.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780309446471 0309446473