AUTOMATION OF THE HIGHWAYS, AN OVERVIEW

HIGHWAY AUTOMATION SYSTEMS MUST BE EVOLUTIONARY AND BEGIN WITH PRESENT VEHICLES AND HIGHWAYS. DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE VEHICLE TRACKER AS AN OPTIONAL EXTRA ON NEW VEHICLES TO CONTROL BRAKING AND ACCELERATION ON PRESENT CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS IS A NECESSARY FIRST STEP. ONCE THIS DEVICE IS PREVALENT THEN AUTOMATIC STEERING CAN BE ADDED WITH MINIMAL HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE. THIS WOULD LEAD TO A PARTIALLY AUTOMATIC HIGHWAY, APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE VEHICLE TRACKER. FINALLY, WHEN THE INTERIM PARTIALLY AUTOMATIC SYSTEM IS PROVEN, NEW HIGHWAYS COULD BE COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC BY INCLUSION OF SYNCHRONOUS GUIDANCE; THE PREVIOUS VEHICLE TRACKER AND PARTIALLY AUTOMATIC SYSTEM WOULD THEN BECOME THE FIRST LEVEL BACKUP SYSTEM. BUILDING OF COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC HIGHWAYS IS ANTICIPATED TEN YEARS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE PARTIALLY AUTOMATIC VERSION COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC HIGHWAYS WILL EVOLVE OVER THE YEARS AND FINALLY COME TO FRUITION, POSSIBLY IN THE 1990'S. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol Vt-18, PP 77-80
• Authors:
  • Plotkin, S C
• Publication Date: 1969-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automation; Freeways; Highways; Motor vehicles; Tracking systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tracking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225783
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 14 1970 12:00AM