摘要: |
To accelerate the adoption of advanced vehicle technology nationwide, work zone practitioners will need to identify ways in which they can better plan, design, and implement work zones to support current and future vehicles. This project will examine how transportation agencies, contractors, and other stakeholders can best plan, design, and implement work zones to accommodate and support connected and automated vehicle (CAV) operations.
Through this project, the following research questions will be investigated:
(1) What are the information/data requirements that CAVs will likely have in order to operate effectively in work zones?
(2) What are the impediments to providing that data from the agency and contractor perspectives?
(3) What are the other potential benefits of obtaining and providing that data to agencies and other work zone stakeholders?
(4) What are the possible implementation approaches for work zone stakeholders to accommodate CAVs?
(5) What are the research efforts and outcomes needed to achieve those implementations?
Findings of this research will be disseminated via journal article(s) as well as presentation at state and national meetings of transportation professionals and industry. In addition to the more detailed results of the literature synthesis and structured interview results, a planning considerations document will be generated that will provide transportation agencies and original equipment manufactures (OEMs) with a short synopsis of the current state of the art in thinking about CV/AV work zone considerations and potential solutions. During this project we intend to recruit a CAV in work zones practitioner committee consisting of at least one representative from each of the following categories; (1) OEM representative with automated and connected vehicle responsibilities, (2) transportation agency/operator, (3) work zone contractor, and (4) connected vehicle technology vendor. The stakeholder group (1) will provide inputs as participants in the structured interview process, (2) help define a usable format for the output of this synthesis activity, and (3) review final work products. |