Transportation Planning Implications of Automated/Connected Vehicles on Texas Highways

This research project was focused on the transportation planning implications of automated/connected vehicles (AV/CVs) on Texas highways. The research assessed how these potentially transformative technologies can be included in transportation planning to assist the decision-making process. Researchers completed seven tasks for the project. First, the research team briefly defined existing AV/CV technologies and explored future technologies by conducting a literature review and drawing upon previous research. Next, the research team examined potential changes that AV/CVs may have on travel behavior, urban form, and other aspects of the transportation system. The research team also studied the potential effects of automation on commercial vehicle transportation and freight. The research study analyzed how travel modeling could be affected by AV/CVs and conducted some experimental model runs using a trip-based model from the Austin, Texas, region. The project also included a statewide web-based behavioral preferences survey and a series of three stakeholder workshops held in spring 2016. Based on the study findings, this report presents the potential changes to the transportation planning process needed to address AV/CV technology and inform the decision-making process, despite the many uncertainties about how AV/CVs will impact the transportation system.

• Record URL:
  https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6848-1.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32218
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Williams, Thomas
  • Wagner, Jason
  • Morgan, Curtis
  • Hall, Kevin
  • Sener, Ipek
  • Stoeltje, Gretchen
  • Pang, Hao
• Publication Date: 2017-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 232p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Decision making; Freight transportation; Intelligent vehicles; Literature reviews; Mobile communication systems; Stakeholders; Stated preferences; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Travel demand; Workshops
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01634894
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-16/0-6848-1, 0-6848-1
• Contract Numbers: 0-6848
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 17 2017 5:05PM