How do we prepare for the next 40 years? Do we need to worry about this now? What do we know about the timeline? We will explore what we know now and what we need to consider going forward. Presented at the 2017 D-STOP Symposium.
5. Looking at a single dimension of the problem may be misleading
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Speed
6. Transportation Planning Process
• How many people want to travel?
• Where are they going? (and when)
• What mode will they use?
• What routes will they follow?
Traffic patterns & conditions
7. CAVs in the planning process:
Trip Making Behavior
• Number of trips
– New travelers
• Mode choice
– Ride sourcing (?)
• Destination choice
• Life style choices
– Residential location
– Vehicle ownership:
Adoption of CAVs
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8. CAVs in the planning process:
System Performance
• More effective ITS
• Headway reduction
• No control at intersections
• Transition?
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Dr. Peter Stone
The University of Texas at Austin
9. CAVs in the planning process:
Routing Behavior
• Information availability and use
• Path selection criteria
• Routing paradigms
10. The Path to Modeling CAVs
• Interdisciplinary research
• Community engagement
• Data
Safety Pilot Data: Trip Origins
Safety Pilot Data: Routes for
selected origin-destination pair