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                Ensuring Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) and Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) Safety Through Infrastructure
FHWA-HRT-22-085.pdf (975.98 KB)
      
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                  Publication Type:Literature Review
                  Publication Number:FHWA-HRT-22-085
              Abstract:Vulnerable road users (VRUs), including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and various micromobility users, account for a significant share of roadway fatalities. VRUs are at the most risk in urban areas, and, thus, urban areas are a focus area for implementing new transportation technologies. These new technologies include automated driving systems (ADS) and cooperative driving automation (CDA), which can potentially have positive or negative effects on VRU safety.



This literature review documents the potential impact of ADS-equipped vehicles and CDA technology on VRU safety and the potential role of infrastructure in facilitating safe interactions. This review discusses the factors that currently influence VRU collision rates, especially in high-risk urban areas. It also examines the capabilities and needs of ADS-equipped vehicles when interacting with VRUs and the additional positive and negative impacts that the deployment of CDA technologies are likely to have on VRU safety. Finally, the review includes a prioritized list of research gaps and safety risks that were identified by a panel of ADS and VRU experts who met to discuss the potential challenges associated with ADS-VRU interactions.





*Recommended citation: Federal Highway Administration, Ensuring Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) and Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) Safety Through Infrastructure (Washington, DC: 2022) https://doi.org/10.21949/1521914.*
              Publishing Date:September 2022
              Posting Date:10/06/2022
                              Digital Object Identifier:https://doi.org/10.21949/1521914
              Author(s):Weaver,
    
          Starla
    
          (ORCID: 0000-0002-9559-8337)
              Calvo,
    
          Jose
    
          (ORCID: 0000-0001-8820-702X)
              Ahmed,
    
          Ananna 
    
          (ORCID: 0000-0002-5353-508X)
              Eisert,
    
          Jesse
              Publishing Office:Human Factors Team
                  FHWA Program(s):Research
              Human Factors
              Safety
              AMRP Program(s):Human Factors Analytics
              FHWA Activities:Pedestrian / Bicycle
              Cooperative Automated Vehicles
              Subject Area:Pedestrians and Bicyclists U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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