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OFFICE OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER

Analysis Modeling and Simulation Tools for Connected and Automated Vehicles Applications

Project Information

Project ID:
FHWA-PROJ-17-0034
Project Abstract:

Connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies offer potentially transformative societal impacts, including significant mobility, safety, and environmental benefits. Traffic analysis, modeling, and simulation (AMS) tools provide an efficient means to evaluate transportation improvement projects before deployment. However, current AMS tools are not well suited for evaluating CAV applications due to their inability to represent vehicle connectivity, communication, and automated driving features. Many independent researchers have developed models of CAV systems based on a divergent array of underlying assumptions.

As a result, there is little consensus in the literature about the most likely impacts of CAV technologies. Thus, a consistent set of models based on the best available data and most accurate possible representations of the behaviors of drivers of conventional vehicles and CAVs can produce realistic and believable predictions of CAV impacts. The Federal Highway Administration sponsored this project to develop AMS models for the most prominent CAV applications, incorporate these models into existing AMS simulation tools to improve the state of the practice, and conduct real-world case studies for the most prominent CAV applications to better understand their impact and deployment strategies and methods.

Project Status:
Completed
Project Funding Amount (Contract Award Amount):
$944,000.00
Start Date:
End Date:
Public Access Plan:
No
Laboratory:
Grant/Contract ID:
  • 693JJ321F000429
FHWA Program Area:
  • Operations
Fiscal Year / AMRP Program / AMRP Activity:
  • FY 2002-2022 / Operations / Automation and Connectivity

AMRP = Annual Modal Research Plan

Contact Information

First Name:
Gene
Last Name:
McHale
Phone Number:
(202) 493-3275
Email Address:
gene.mchale@dot.gov

Management Organizations

Sponsor Organization

Organization Role:
Program Management
Organization:
Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development and Technology - Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development
Contact Role:
Program Manager
Contact:
McHale, Gene

Managing Organization

Organization Role:
Project Managing Organization
Organization:
Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development and Technology - Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development
Contact Role:
Project Contact
Contact:
McHale, Gene

Performing Organization

Organization:
Leidos
Contact Role:
Program Manager
Contact:
McHale, Gene