Vehicle Assist and Automation Demonstration Report

Vehicle Assist and Automation (VAA) systems enable lane-keeping and precision docking of transit vehicles. They offer the opportunities of providing high-quality transit service within reduced lane widths. Sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation, this VAA project aimed to demonstrate the technical merits and feasibility of VAA applications in bus revenue service. The VAA Demonstration project was carried out through the four phases of design, development, deployment, and operational tests. In the design phase, the system architecture and requirements were finalized, and test plans were generated for four levels of testing. All hardware and software components were developed in the development phase, and a 60-ft articulated bus was instrumented. In the deployment phase, system performance and reliability testing were conducted first at a test track and then on an operational route in Eugene, Oregon. After operational testing without passengers, revenue service at Lane Transit District commenced. Data from revenue service operations showed that the VAA system met its performance goals, specifically that lateral deviation was substantially smaller under automated operations than it was under manual driving.

• Record URL:
  https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/research-innovation/65486/ftareportno0113-002.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/research-innovation/65491/fta0113researchreportsummary.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39047
• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH)

  University of California
  1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804

  Federal Transit Administration

  Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tan, Han-Shue
  • Huang, Jihua
  • Bu, Fanping
  • Dicky, Susan
  • Nelson, David
  • Liang, Thang
  • Hu, Hui Peng
  • Zhang, Wei-bin
• Publication Date: 2017-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 221p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus rapid transit; Demonstration projects; Transit buses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lane keeping; Lateral control (Driving); Precision docking; Vehicle assist and automation; Vehicle-lane assist systems
• Geographic Terms: Eugene (Oregon)
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01648363
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FTA Report No. 0113
• Contract Numbers: CA-26-7080
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 10 2017 5:41PM