White papers were prepared by academic authors for each of the conferences and published in a book by the University of Illinois Press. The books are available for purchase through the links below.
White Papers
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2019
Overview-Autonomous Vehicles and the Impact on Transit and Freight
P.S. Sriraj
Director of the Urban Transportation Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
Technology, and data are fueling a rapid change in the world in which many advances are becoming obsolete with every passing day. This change is beginning to impact transportation and mobility for not just passengers, but also for freight. Autonomous vehicles are not only going to affect how people move around, but also impact the delivery of goods and services. The introduction of a new mode of transportation brings about a paradigm shift that will need absolute synchronization between government (laws, regulations, labor, infrastructure, funding, and equity) and the industry. The end users are recipients of the transactions between these two worlds. Their behavior and attitude will in turn affect market penetration and technology absorption.
This paper will focus on the roles of government, and industry from the user and societal perspective while also addressing the various issues that will need to be addressed by everyone in society in order to prepare for the introduction of this new way of providing mobility.
Demanding a Better Transportation Future through Automation
Austin Brown
Executive Director, Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy
Daniel Sperling
Distinguished Professor, Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy
Director, Institute of Transportation Studies
University of California, Davis
The Reality: we need to choose the future that automated vehicles bring, whenever they are ready. That means stopping asking the wrong questions – like “when will automated vehicles be here” and asking the right question – what do we do now? Answering this question will required coordination between the research community and local, state, and federal policy makers. Fortunately, we already know many of the changes that are likely to lead us to beneficial outcomes: policies that that steer automated vehicles to also be pooled and electrified. These are the paths to help ensure that automation also improves equity, economic, traffic, and environmental outcomes. These research-informed policies can turn the myth that “automated vehicles are our savior” into a reality.
Are we there Yet? Myths and Realities of Connected and Automated Vehicles
Stan Caldwell
Executive Director, Traffic21 Institute and Mobility21 National University Transportation Center
Chris Hendrickson
Hammerschlag University Professor of Engineering Emeritus, Director, Traffic 21 Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Transformational technologies are profoundly affecting mobility and transportation services throughout the world (NASEM 2018). Vehicle automation, pervasive communications connectivity, the shared economy, data analytics and alternative fuels are combining to create major changes in mobility services, vehicle performance, and infrastructure operations. In this paper, we will survey the state of changes and anticipated impacts for connected and automated roadway vehicles (CAV), focusing upon the United States.
