PROGRAM ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR THE HIGHWAY: VEHICLE/HIGHWAY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. IN: CONFERENCE RECORD OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST VEHICLE NAVIGATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 11-13, 1989

The program on Advanced Technology for the Highway is focused on three fields of technology - navigation, automatic control of vehicles, and non-contact electrification. This paper reports on the progress in the area of vehicle navigation and briefly addresses the other two areas of PATH research. Specifically, the authors present the goals, time framse, and technical approach being employed in the navigation tasks at the University of California. BATH is jointly sponsored by the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) and the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) of the University of California, Berkeley.

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The Conference was sponsored jointly by the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, Toronto Chapter of IEEE, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, and Transport Canada.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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• Authors:
  • Kanafani, A
  • Parsons, R E
• Publication Date: 1989-9

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 270-272

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Automation; Communication systems; Driving; Mobile communication systems; Navigation; Technological innovations
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic vehicle control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00610916
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0-9692316-2-8
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1991 12:00AM