Drivers of partially automated vehicles are blamed for crashes that they cannot reasonably avoid
People seem to hold the human driver to be primarily responsible when their partially automated vehicle crashes, yet is this reasonable? While the driver is often required to immediately take […]
J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Mobility Confidence Index (MCI) Study
The J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Mobility Confidence Index (MCI) Study brings together three organizations with an aligned mission to understand consumer knowledge and acceptance of fully automated, self driving vehicles. […]
Author William Riggs: End of the Road Reimagining the Street as the Heart of the City
William (Billy) Riggs, USF professor and global expert on transportation and the future of cities, discusses his new book, End of the Road: Reimagining the Street as the Heart of […]
Impacts and Opportunities Around Land Use and Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility
In coordination with the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), the TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility (Forum) has developed nine (9) Topical Papers to support […]
The Impact of Individual Differences on the Acceptance of Self-Driving Buses: A Case Study of Nanjing, China
As a new mode of public transportation, self-driving buses offer numerous benefits, including increased traffic safety, reduced energy consumption, optimized road-resource ratios, and improved traffic accessibility. However, there is still […]
Physiological measurements in social acceptance of self driving technologies
The goal of the present study is to examine the cognitive/affective physiological correlates of passenger travel experience in autonomously driven transportation systems. We investigated the social acceptance and cognitive aspects […]
Applied Intuition’s V&V Handbook: Verification and Validation at Different Stages of ADAS and ADS Development
Safely developing and deploying autonomous systems—such as advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving systems (ADS)—is a challenging task. Autonomy programs need to define and follow a rigorous verification & […]
AVs in NYC: A Policy Framework
While the reality of autonomous vehicles in New York City remains several years away, this timeline grants us the opportunity to set up a policy model for equitable, safe and […]
Using Data from Reddit, Public Deliberation, and Surveys to Measure Public Opinion about Autonomous Vehicles
When and how can researchers synthesize survey data with analyses of social media content to study public opinion, and when and how can social media data complement surveys to better […]
CLEARING THE CONFUSION: Common Naming for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Today, most new vehicles are equipped with at least one, but more likely, numerous advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The names used to describe them across the industry, however, varies […]
