PRECURSOR SYSTEMS ANALYSES OF AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEMS. ACTIVITY AREA O -- INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIETAL ASPECTS

To be successful, an Automated Highway System (AHS) must be compatible with the institutional and social environment in which it is expected to operate. Institutional aspects include such dimensions as relevant organizations and their interactions, the legal and regulatory framework, and the role of politics in the shaping of policy. Societal aspects include such dimensions as the factors that will govern public acceptability, the process by which interested parties are included in decision-making, the potential for beneficial or adverse social and economic consequences, and public perceptions of potential risks and benefits associated with AHSs. Appropriately addressing the social and institutional aspects is likely to be at least as important for ultimate program success as successfully addressing the technical and engineering aspects. Because people are an integral part of the proposed systems, "people issues" must be anticipated, identified, evaluated, and accounted for at each stage of conceptualization, design, construction, and operation. For these reasons, we believe that institutional and societal analyses should be considered among the highest-priority activity areas. This task identifies and analyzes the institutional aspects of AHSs, the societal aspects of AHSs, and, for each institutional and societal aspect identified, describes potential courses of action for dealing with resulting issues.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75305
• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle Memorial Institute

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cluett, C
  • Morris, F
  • Baden, B
  • Nealey, S
  • Branch, K
• Publication Date: 1995-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 175 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated highway systems; Institutional issues; Social factors; Socioeconomic development; Strategic planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Precursor systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00722525
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Resource Materials, FHWA-RD-95-045
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-93-C-00195
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 13 1996 12:00AM