Review of Automated Vehicle Technology: Policy and Implementation Implications

The goals of this project were to undergo a systematic review of automated vehicle technologies with a focus on policy implications, methods of implementation, regulation by states, and developments occurring on legal fronts, ultimately creating a set of policy recommendations and questions for further research. This report provides the following recommendations for the state of Iowa over the next five years: (1) Encouraging automation by preparing government agencies, infrastructure, leveraging procurement, and advocating for safety mandates; (2) Adjusting long range planning processes by identifying and incorporating a wide range of new automation scenarios; (3) Beginning to analyze and, as necessary, clarify existing law as it apples to automated driving; (4) Auditing existing law; (5) Enforcing existing laws; (6) Ensuring vehicle owners and operators bear the true cost of driving; (7) Embracing flexibility by giving agencies the statutory authority to achieve regulatory goals through different means, allowing them to make small-scale exemptions to statutory regimes and clarifying their enforcement discretion; (9) Thinking locally and preparing publicly; (10) Sharing the steps being taken to promote (as well as to anticipate and regulate) automated driving; and (11) Instituting public education about automated vehicle technologies.

• Record URL:
  http://publications.iowa.gov/21899/1/IADOT_RB28_015_UIPPC_McGehee_Review_Automated_Vehicle_Technology_Policy_Implementation_Implications_V1_2016.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/21899
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Iowa, Iowa City

  Public Policy Center
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Iowa City, IA  United States  52242-1192

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • McGehee, Daniel V
  • Brewer, Mark
  • Schwarz, Chris
  • Smith, Bryant Walker
• Publication Date: 2015-3-14

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Version 1.0
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 41p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Education; Implementation; Intelligent vehicles; Long range planning; Policy, legislation and regulation; Recommendations; Technological innovations
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01596747
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MATC-MU:276
• Contract Numbers: RB28-015
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 22 2016 10:45AM