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原文传递 NATIONAL AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM RESEARCH PROGRAM - A REVIEW.

题名：	NATIONAL AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM RESEARCH PROGRAM - A REVIEW.
关键词：	AUTOMATED-HIGHWAY-SYSTEM; PROGRAM-EVALUATION; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENTS-; INTELLIGENT-VEHICLE-INITIATIVE; NATIONAL-AUTOMATED-HIGHWAY-SYSTEM-CONSORTIUM; ACCIDENT-REDUCTION; TRAFFIC-CONGESTION; MITIGATION-; AUTOMATION-
摘要：	The Department of Transportation (DOT) through its Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office asked the National Research Council--under the auspices of the Transportation Research Board and with assistance from the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board--to convene a study committee to assess the appropriateness of the original vision and mission of the National Automated Highway System Research Program, the National Automated Highway System Consortium's (NAHSC's) results and the effectiveness of the approach taken by NAHSC in carrying out its charge, and the role of the consortium in future research on intelligent vehicles. Specifically, the study committee was asked to address four questions: (1) Given what has been learned to date about the technical, societal, institutional, and economic feasibility of an automated highway system, is the National Automated Highway System Research Program vision and mission still appropriate and worthy of major research investment? (2) Are there elements of this research that should be continued in the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI), which focuses on a nearer-term horizon? (3) In representing a new approach for conducting research and development, has NAHSC been effective and efficient? (4) Is there an appropriate role for this consortium in the IVI? The study committee held its first meeting in conjunction with the NAHSC demonstration of technologies in San Diego, California, in August 1997. Two additional committee meetings were convened in the fall of 1997. During the course of its deliberations, the study committee heard from a number of individuals from the automotive, trucking, insurance, and highway industries, as well as the safety and environmental communities. Committee members also interviewed program staff from several of the organizations in NAHSC and invited the consortium's management to brief the committee on its procedures, accomplishments, and work plan. This Special Report from the study committee is a program review. The committee's responses to the foregoing questions appear in Chapter 1. The remainder of the report provides support and background for these responses. Chapter 2 examines the history of interest in automated vehicle and highway systems, including the events leading up to the creation of the National Automated Highway System Research Program. Chapter 3 takes a closer look at two key transportation needs--reducing the number of motor vehicle crashes and relieving traffic congestion--that often serve as rationales for the development of automated vehicles and highways. This chapter also describes various vehicle and highway automation concepts, from partially to fully automated (hands-off,
总页数：	Transportation Research Board Special Report. 1998. (253) pp87 (4 Fig., Refs., 2 App.)
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