Technology to Ensure Equitable Access to Automated Vehicles for Rural Areas
| 项目名称： | Technology to Ensure Equitable Access to Automated Vehicles for Rural Areas |
| 摘要： | A significant majority of the state of the art autonomous sensing and navigation technologies rely on good lane markings or detailed 3D maps of the environment and are more suited for urban communities. On the other hand, a large number of rural roads in the U.S. do not have lane markings and have irregular boundaries. These challenges are common to many small and rural communities (SRCs), defined as an incorporated city, town, or village with a population of less than 50,000. As of 2019, there are 18,723 SRCs in the US [1,2]; these communities are sparsely connected and cover huge areas. The objective of this project is to develop an efficient sensing and navigation system for SRCs that use crowdsourced topological maps such as the Open Street Map (OSM) [3] that provides high-level road network information in concert with onboard sensing systems that include LIDAR and cameras to localize and navigate an autonomous vehicle. The system will be tested and validated on a large number of rural roads in the SRCs around College Station, TX. |
| 状态： | Active |
| 资金： | 240371 |
| 资助组织： | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology |
| 项目负责人： | Glenn, Eric Zachary |
| 执行机构： | Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) |
| 开始时间： | 20210901 |
| 预计完成日期： | 20230831 |
| 主题领域： | Highways；Safety and Human Factors；Society；Vehicles and Equipment |
相关文献
- Sustainable and Equitable Innovative Funding Strategies for Enhancing Broadband Initiative in Underserved and Disadvantaged Communities
- Mobility Justice in Rural California: Examining Transportation Barriers and Adaptations in Carless Households
- Automated Shuttles and Buses for All Users
- Research for the AASHTO Standing Committee on Public Transportation. Task 76. Opportunities for State DOTs (and Others) to Encourage Shared Use Mobility Practices in Rural Areas
- Transportation Research Related to COVID-19. Assessing the Equity and Workforce Mobility Implications of the Expansion of E-Commerce and Direct-to-Consumer Delivery Services
- Public vs Private Transportation Network Accessibility and Maternal-Infant Health Outcomes Across the Urban-Rural Boundary in Kalamazoo County, Michigan
检索历史
应用推荐
