Automated Vehicle Research

The U.S. Department of Transportation provides additional information about automation on the following sites:

• FHWA: Current and Completed Projects
• FMCSA: Active Research Projects
• FTA:
  • Strategic Transit Automation Research Plan
  • Transit Bus Automation Project: Transferability of Automation Technologies
• NHTSA:
  • Human Factors Design Guidance for Level 2 and Level 3 Automated Driving Concepts
  • Human Factors Design Guidance for Driver-Vehicle Interfaces
  • Cybersecurity Best Practices for Modern Vehicles
  • A Framework for Automated Driving System Testable Cases and Scenarios
  • Functional Safety Assessment of an Automated Lane Centering (ALC) System
  • Large-Scale Field Test of Forward Collision Alert and Lane Departure Warning Systems
  • Crash Avoidance Needs and Countermeasure Profiles for Safety Applications Based on Light-Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Communications
  • Estimation of Potential Safety Benefits for Pedestrian Crash Avoidance/Mitigation System
  • Driver Acceptance of Collision Warning Applications Based on Heavy-Truck V2V Technology
  • Commercial Connected Vehicle Test Procedure Development and Test Results – Blind Spot Warning/Lane Change Warning
  • Commercial Connected Vehicle Test Procedure Development and Test Results – Forward Collision Warning
• Office of the Secretary (OST)
  • Automation Research
  • Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI)
  • Inclusive Design Challenge (IDC)
  • Low-Speed Automated Shuttles: State of the Practice
  • Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety (VOICES) Proof of Concept (PoC)