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原文传递 ADVANCED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS (AVCS) FOR MAINTENANCE VEHICLE APPLICATIONS.

题名：	ADVANCED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS (AVCS) FOR MAINTENANCE VEHICLE APPLICATIONS.
关键词：	Advanced-vehicle-control-systems; Automated-highways; Technology-assessment; Transportation-operations
摘要：	It is widely believed that barriers to an automated highway system (AHS) deployment are due more to institutional, economic, and legal issues than technology limitations. In order to sustain and accelerate the AHS deployment process, it is desirable to demonstrate the benefits of advanced vehicle control systems (AVCS) as soon as possible. An ideal candidate application for early deployment should include the following features: a controlled/structured vehicle operating environment, a user group willing to experiment with developmental systems, and substantial user benefits from automation. Several particularly suitable application areas which meet some or all of those criteria involve the operations of on and off-highway maintenance vehicles. The high cost of maintenance operations, as reflected in labor costs, incident-related injury and damage, and negative traffic impacts could be significantly mitigated through the use of vehicle control systems. This need for improvement, coupled with the willingness of many highway departments to test prototype hardware, provides an excellent opportunity for field testing AVCS. In terms of off-highway applications, an area of opportunity also exists for applying AVCS to airport ground vehicle operations. Within the context of highway maintenance operations, this study explores opportunities for AVCS-based snow removal and work zone following vehicles. A description of these operations, and their particular suitability for the application of AVCS is presented. For airport operations, the feasibility of AVCS-assisted snow removal and baggage movement is considered. Previous and on-going work related to vehicle automation for these operations is introduced, along with recommendations for the future, based on an assessment of technical feasibility of AVCS and the attitudes of the highway and airport maintenance communities towards this technology.
总页数：	1996.
报告类型：	科技报告