2014 Automated Vehicles Symposium Proceedings 2014 Automated Vehicle Symposium – Synopsis of Proceedings DISCLAIMER The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the speakers and contributors to the Automated Vehicle Symposium and not necessarily those of the United States Department of Transportation. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. If trade names manufacturers’ names or specific products are mentioned, it is because they are considered essential to the object of the publication and should not be construed as an endorsement. The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. 2014 Automated Vehicles Symposium Proceedings—Final December 2014 Publication Number: FHWA-JPO-14-176 Prepared by: Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Cambridge, MA 02142 Prepared for: Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 20590 2 Acknowledgments The 2014 Automated Vehicles Symposium (AVS 2014) was produced through a partnership between the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Transportation Research Board (TRB), and is indebted to its many volunteer contributors and speakers who developed the symposium content, produced sessions, and contributed to the development of these proceedings. AVS 2014 also benefitted from the direct financial contributions of its commercial benefactors, and the institutional support of the many companies and agencies that supported the time, travel, and participation for their staff. The organizing committee gratefully acknowledges the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) for the level of its support to AVS 2014 and for these proceedings. Symposium Executive Committee David Agnew, Continental Automotive| Member, AUVSI Board of Directors Richard Bishop | AUVSI subject matter expert on automation Richard Cunard | Senior Program Officer, Traffic and Operations Engineer, TRB Bob Denaro, Independent Consultant | Chair, TRB Joint Subcommittee on the Challenges and Opportunities for Road Vehicle Automation Jane Lappin, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center | Chair, TRB Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee (AHB15) James Misener, Qualcomm | Symposium Demonstrations Coordinator Steven Shladover, University of California PATH Program | Chair, TRB Vehicle-Highway Automation Committee (AHB30) Michael Toscano | President and CEO, AUVSI Lindsay Voss | Senior Program Development Manager, AUVSI Benefactors iii 2014 Automated Vehicle Symposium – Synopsis of Proceedings Breakout Session Organizers and Symposium Volunteers Osman Altan, Federal Highway Administration Scott Le Vine, Imperial College London Carl Andersen, Federal Highway Administration Rachel Liu, New Jersey Institute of Technology James Anderson, RAND Elizabeth Machek, U.S. DOT/Volpe Center Bart van Arem, Delft University of Technology Michael Manser, Texas A&M Transportation Chris Armstrong, Leidos Institute Thomas Bamonte, North Texas Toll Authority Yeganeh Mashayekh, University of Pennsylvania Robert Bertini, Portland State University George Munteau, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Chandra R. Bhat, University of Texas at Austin Suzanne Murtha, Atkins Paul Carlson, Texas A&M University Siva Narla, Institute of Transportation Engineers Ching-Yao Chan, University of California Berkeley PATH Markos Papageorgiou, Technical University of Crete Nick Cohn, TomTom Ellen Partridge, U.S. DOT John Collins, Transportation Business Law and Scott Paxton, Bowman and Brooke Strategy Ram Pendalya, Arizona State University Janet Creaser, University of Minnesota Joseph Peters, Federal Highway Administration Tinu Diver, U.S. DOT/Volpe Center Mohammad Poorsartep, Texas A&M Transportation Kevin Dopart, U.S. DOT/ITS JPO Institute Frank Douma, University of Minnesota Lydia Rainville U.S. DOT/Volpe Center John Estrada, Dering & Estrada Brian Routhier, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Dan Fagnant, University of Utah Shelley Row, Shelley Row Associates, LLC Robert Ferlis, Federal Highway Administration Shannon Sanders McDonald, Southern Illinois Greg Fitch, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute University Carbondale Maxime Flament, ERTICO Chris Schwarz, University of Iowa Erin Flanigan, Cambridge Systematics Robert Seidl, Motus Ventures Edward Fok, Federal Highway Administration Nazy Sobhi, U.S. DOT/Volpe Center Deborah Freund, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Karlyn Stanley, RAND Administration Francine Steelman, Miami-Dade Expressway Kevin Gay, U.S. DOT/Volpe Center Authority Ryan Gerdes, Utah State University Thomas Stephens, Argonne National Laboratory Anna Giragosian, Leidos John Suh, Hyundai Ventures Ginger Goodin, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Sudharson Sundararajan, Booz Allen Hamilton Tom Healy, National Highway Traffic Safety Joan Walker, University of California Berkeley Administration Eric Williams, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Kevin Heaslip, Utah State University Steve Wood, National Highway Traffic Safety Charlie Howard, Puget Sound Regional Council Administration Reuben Juster, University of Maryland Stanley E. Young, University of Maryland Keith Kahl, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Wei-Bin Zhang, University of California Berkeley Ram Kandarpa, Booz Allen Hamilton PATH Valarie Kniss, U.S. DOT/Volpe Center Ismail Zohdy, Booz Allen Hamilton Walt Kulyk, Federal Transit Administration Alain Kornhauser, Princeton University iv Contents Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................................. iii 1 Overview of Symposium .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Symposium Attendees ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Workshop Agenda ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Demonstrations ......................................................................................................................................... 4 2 Overview of Plenary Sessions: Day 1 .................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Opening Keynote ....................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Briefing: Vehicle Manufacturers and Suppliers ......................................................................................... 6 2.3 Panel Session: Digital Infrastructure .......................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Panel Session: Technology Challenges ....................................................................................................... 9 2.5 Automated Vehicles Symposium Attendee Survey Results ..................................................................... 12 3 Overview of Plenary Sessions: Day 2 ................................................................................................................ 15 3.1 Keynote Address ...................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Briefing: Vehicle Manufacturers and Suppliers ....................................................................................... 15 3.3 Updates on Automation Projects in Europe ............................................................................................ 17 3.4 Panel Session: Societal Issues and Non-Technical Challenges ................................................................. 19 4 Overview of Plenary Sessions: Day 3 ................................................................................................................ 21 5 Overview of Breakout Sessions ........................................................................................................................ 25 5.1 Evolutionary Pathways to Automated Transit and Shared Mobility ....................................................... 26 5.2 Regional Planning and Modeling Implications of Driverless Cars ............................................................ 28 5.3 Roadway Management and Operations with Automated Vehicles ........................................................ 29 5.4 Truck Automation Opportunities ............................................................................................................. 30 5.5 Legal Accelerators and Brakes ................................................................................................................. 31 5.6 The State and Future Direction of Automated-Vehicle Human Factors .................................................. 33 5.7 Near-Term Connected/Automated Technology Deployment Opportunities .......................................... 34 5.8 Personal Vehicle Automation Commercialization ................................................................................... 37 5.9 Technology Roadmap, Maturity and Performance: Operational Requirements for Vehicle-Road Automation Systems and Components ...............................................................................................................