Barrier Grief: Facing Up to a Future of Gridlock

This article provides a timeline beginning in the early 1990s of advances in automated highway systems (AHS) and Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII), and then describes the hurdles ahead. The greatest, apparently, is that some people like to drive their vehicles, whereas a private vehicle with AHS is too much like paratransit with door-to-door service. Other human factors that have stalled automated driving include the complexity of the interface between an electronic vehicle and human driver. With more and more sensors aimed at preventing collisions, the driver can become distracted. Cost is another barrier, estimated at an additional $2,000 for a route-guidance system. Technology, however, continues to move forward, according to the author, regardless of the human factor and cost barriers.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/32663949
• Authors:
  • Abernethy, Bruce
• Publication Date: 2006-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Illustrations;
• Pagination: pp 48-49, 51-52
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Automated highway systems; Automated vehicle control; Standards; Traffic congestion
• Candidate Terms: Vehicle infrastructure integration
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038843
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 29 2006 11:08AM