SURFACE TRANSPORTATION: THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROPOSES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO ITS AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM PROGRAM

This report responds to a request for information on the current goals and future direction of the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Automated Highway System program. This program seeks to increase the capacity of the nation's highways and to improve safety by automating many driving tasks and enhancing drivers' ability to avoid accidents. An automated highway system includes a spectrum of technologies, ranging from intelligent vehicles that can notify drivers of unsafe situations to technologies that assume full control of driving tasks. This report provides information on (1) the potential benefits and drawbacks of implementing a fully automated highway system and (2) DOT's proposed changes to the Automated Highway System program and the implications of these changes.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/summary.php?recflag=&rptno=RCED-97-177R
• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/20000/20800/20880/PB98156342.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report to the Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Technology, Committee on Science, House of Representatives.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. General Accounting Office

  441 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20548
• Publication Date: 1997-6-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated highway systems; Automation; Benefits; Driving; Evaluation; Highway capacity; Highway safety; Safety; Technological innovations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident avoidance; Program evaluation
• Old TRIS Terms: Driving tasks; Program changes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00740688
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: GAO/RCED-97-177R
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1997 12:00AM