Resources for Connected and Automated Vehicles

National Dialogue on Highway Automation (Federal Highway Administration)

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is initiating a national conversation with partners and stakeholders to better understand the implications of highway automation to facilitate innovation and inform the Agency's role in this area. This National Dialogue on Highway Automation represents a series of meetings held across the country to facilitate information sharing, identify key issues and prepare the infrastructure and the broader transportation community to safely and efficiently integrate automated vehicles into the road network. Input received during the National Dialogue will help inform national research, policy, and programs and will aid in the development of a national transportation community for automation.

Automated Vehicles: Comprehensive Plan Could Help DOT Address Challenges (November 2017) - US Government Accountability Office

Automated cars and light-duty trucks—from vehicles already on the road equipped with driver assistance technologies to fully driverless cars still in development—pose safety and infrastructure challenges for policymakers, according to literature GAO reviewed and stakeholders GAO interviewed.

Adopting and Adapting: States and Automated Policy (June 2017) – Eno Center for Transportation

This paper, from the Eno Center for Transportation, examines three primary policy concerns for state governments: regulations, infrastructure investment and funding, and research and workforce training. The goal is to understand the current state of the industry, review existing and pending policies, and create actionable recommendations for states around the country.

American Associations of Motor Vehicle Administrator's (AAMVA) Autonomous Vehicle Best Practices Working Group

The purpose of the Autonomous Vehicle Best Practices Working Group is to work with the AAMVA jurisdictions, law enforcement, federal agencies and other stakeholders to gather, organize and share information with the AAMVA community related to the development, design, testing, use and regulation of autonomous vehicles and other emerging vehicle technology.

Autonomous Vehicle Primer from the Governor's Highway Safety Association (GHSA)

In early 2017, GHSA published a Spotlight on Highway Safety Report to help states understand and address issues related to autonomous vehicles. The report provides an overview of existing and upcoming technologies, information on public knowledge and attitudes, and recommendations for states to effectively prepare for autonomous vehicles and ensure that traffic safety is at the forefront of all AV discussions.

A National Strategic Framework to Advance Life-Saving Self-Driving Vehicles by the Alliance for Transportation Innovation (ATI21)

The Alliance for Transportation Innovation (ATI21.org) has studied the potential safety, social, and economic benefits of accelerating the national effort to realize the deployment of self-driving vehicles, as well as the challenges and complexities of doing so. They have outlined what we consider to be the key issues that must be resolved in order to expedite a self-driving future, and presented an initial version of a framework to generate a conversation around deployment.

International Scan of Connected and Automated Vehicle Technology Deployment Efforts

This report is the result of a continuous effort of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Center for Automotive Research (CAR) to document global development and deployment of connected and automated vehicle technologies. In just the last few years, research and pilot projects have proliferated rapidly. Connected and automated vehicle technology development is now a global phenomenon.