TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Importance and Role of Connectivity

The National Academies–TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility was officially launched in early 2018 to facilitate evidence-based research needed to deploy these technologies in a manner and timeframe that informs policy to meet these long-term goals. The Forum has held five meetings since then, promoting discussion among its members and the public, creating white papers, developing research priority lists, and engaging in workshops dedicated to specific questions around automated vehicles and shared mobility. This report was developed as a summary of a one such workshop held for this Forum. The workshop consisted of six panelists representing various points of view on the role of vehicle connectivity, followed by four breakout sessions. The workshop concluded with brief breakout session summary reports and closing remarks. This report contains a summary of the workshop, including key takeaways, panelist remarks, summaries of breakout group discussions, and a set of proposed research questions. Key takeaways from the workshop included the following: 1) There is considerable popular press about autonomy, but only industry insiders are talking about connectivity; 2) Connected automation is critical to enable the transportation system to function most safely and effectively; 3) Connectivity may require a different legislative and regulatory framework than exists today; 4) Consistency and interoperability are critical to the successful deployment of connectivity; 5) There is significant fear regarding the liability of a failure in connectivity; 6) The technology debate will rage on, but it is important to focus on the use cases; 7) The number of devices on the road should not be the sole measure of readiness; and 8) There will continue to be more questions than answers for the foreseeable future, and ongoing research will be needed.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/179187.aspx
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• Authors:
  • Kortum, Katherine
  • Lindley, Jeff
  • Norman, Mark
• Conference:
  • TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Importance and Role of Connectivity
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 2019-2-14 to 2019-2-14
• Publication Date: 2019-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 18p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: E-C247
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Connected vehicles; Connectivity; Intelligent vehicles; Mobile communication systems; Vehicle sharing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01708931
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 27 2019 2:08PM