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Driverless Cars in 2022

A Follow-On Session

To the Driverless Car Summ

Michael F. Trenta

Associate Administrator for R

Advanced Technolo

Federal Highway Admini

6 August 2012
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The Transportation Pro

Safety 32,788 highway deaths in 2010 6,000,000 crashes/yearMobility 4,200,000,000 hours 

of travel delay

 $80,000,000,000 

cost of urban congestion

Environment 2,900,000,000 

gallons wasted fuel
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But, A Big Problem is

The Driver!

 Causes over 90% of crash Has very poor awareness 

traffic:

 Near – Surrounding cars, truc

buses

 Mid – A mile down the road Far - Regional
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The Role of the US 

Department of Transpor

 Develop policies and programs 

contribute to transportation that 

 Safe Fast Efficient Convenient 
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Automation As The Sol

Automation: The use of elec

or mechanical devices to replahuman labor
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Recent Discussion Frame

Degree of AutomationConnec

Vehicle

Warning Full Automation Control Assistance 

Degree of Cooperation

Autonomous 

Vehicles

* Adapted from Shladover, UC PATH (Presentation at TRB Automation Workshop, July 25-26, 2012
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Challenges 

to Deployment of Autom

 Public Policy Driver-Vehicle Interaction Information Architecture and Opera

Concepts

 Technology Needs and Constraints Transition and Deployment Strateg Legal, Liability, and Risk Vehicle Safety and Security

* From TRB Workshop, July 25-26, 201
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Policy Technology Applications Harmonization of International Standards & Architecture Human Factors Systems Engineering Certification Test Environments Safety V2V V2I Safety Pilot Mobility Real Time Data Capture & Management Dynamic Mobility Applications Environm

AERIS R

We

Appl

Deployment Scenarios Financing & Investment Models Operations & Governance

Institutional Issues

ITS Research Progra

Components
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Events Since Driverle

Car Summit

 FHWA Exploratory Advanced Researc

Workshop (July 24, 2012): 

“Early Auto

Deployment Opportunities in Managed Operations”

 Transportation Research Board Joint 

Committee Workshop (July 25-26, 201Vehicle Automation”

 US Army - US DOT Coordination Meeti

(August 3, 2012) 

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Approach: Moving Forw

 Connected Vehicle Program Milesto

 Safety Pilot Begins August 2012 NHTSA Decision expected in 2013 Mobility and Environment Applications 

Development and Testing Continues

 Vehicle Automation Research Progr

 Continue work on USDOT Vehicle Auto

Research Plan and Roadmap

 TRB Workshop Proceedings and Ne Accessible Transportation Research
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Growing Opportunity f

Benefits of Automatio

Seniors Age 65 + 35 million in 2004 72 million by 2025

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54.4 Million People with Disabili 20% US population; 63% Unem Income: $38,400 vs. $61,000 Poverty: 24.7% vs. 9.0% Fed Cost: $226 B (2002); $357 1.4 Million Disabled Veterans $1 Billion Claims in 2006 $6 Billion Claims in 2012

Persons withDisabilities

Seniors/Aging

Veterans with

Disabilities
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Where Automation Can Ta

Automated Trip Planning

Mobility Hearing

Vision Intellectual

User 

Needs

Automated On-demand Accessible Connections

V
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Surface Transportation Sys

Independently Managed T
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Moving toward 

Integrated Multimodal Ope

Integrated System: • Payload• Vehicles• Infrastructure• Terminals• ConnectivityIntegrated Goals: • Safety• State of Good 

Repair

• Economic 

Competitiveness

• Livable 

Communities

• Environmental 

Sustainability
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