ITS Automation

Program Resources

The ITS JPO’s Automation Program has supported multi-disciplinary research at U.S. DOT since 2014. Research products are listed below. This is a rapidly-evolving area, so while older products are provided for context and reference, they may not fully reflect current thinking or the state of the practice.

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PROGRAM DELIVERABLES

Select a mode in the table below to see research products supported by ITS JPO’s Automation Program. Each product will feature a description, year completed, and related deliverables.

Year Project Title Deliverable
2015 Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) Vehicle-to-infrastructure Program Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control: Final Report
2017 Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control – Small Scale Test Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Small Scale Test- Phase 1: Final Report
2019 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project: Final Report
2019 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project: Traffic-level Simulation and Performance Analysis Report
2019 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project: Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) Vehicle Build and Testing Report
2019 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo): Phase 1 Project Functional Safety Concept and Hazard Analysis
2019 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1: Project Infrastructure System Requirements and Architecture Specification
2019 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project: Vehicle System Requirements and Architecture Specification
2019 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 1 Project: Vehicle-level Simulation Report
2020 Crash Avoidance Metrics Partners (CAMP): Cooperative Automated Driving Systems (CADS) Collaboration Project Cooperative Automated Driving Systems Collaboration Project Website
2020 Cooperative Driving Automation High-Level Concept of Operations: Examination of The Relationships Between Transportation Systems Management and Operations Strategies and Cooperative Driving Automation Index
2020 Cooperative Driving Automation Detailed Concept of Operations: Transportation Systems Management and Operations/Cooperative Driving Automation Use Cases and Scenarios
2020 Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications Study Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications: Final Report
2020 Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications Study Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications: Factsheet
2020 Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications Study Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications: Tech Brief
2020 Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications Study Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications Study: Supporting Datasets
2020 Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications Study Feasibility Study and Assessment of Communications Approaches for Real-Time Traffic Signal Applications Study Data
2021 Cooperative Automation Research: CARMA Proof-of-Concept Transportation System Management and Operations Use Case Testing for CARMA Streets Project Website
2021 Cooperative Automation Research: CARMA Proof-of-Concept Transportation System Management and Operations Use Case 1 - Basic Arterial Travel–Stop-Controlled Intersections
2021 Cooperative Automation Research: CARMA Proof-of-Concept Transportation System Management and Operations Use Case 2 - Trajectory optimization: fixed-time and actuated signals
2021 Cooperative Automation Research: CARMA Proof-of-Concept Transportation System Management and Operations Use Case 4 - Dynamic Lane Assignment
2021 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 2 Website
2021 Development of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Applications (V2I) Program Development of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Applications Program Seventh Annual Report
2022 Cooperative Automation Research: CARMA Proof-of-Concept Transportation System Management and Operations High-Level Framework of CARMA Proof-of-Concept TSMO Use Case Testing for CARMA Streets
2022 Cooperative Driving Automation: Research into Automated Port Operations and Automated Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations Concept of Operations for Proof-of-Concept Automated Port Drayage Report
2022 Cooperative Driving Automation: Research into Automated Port Operations and Automated Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations Concept of Operations for Enhanced Automated Port Drayage Report
2022 Cooperative Driving Automation: Research into Automated Port Operations and Automated Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations Final Report: Proof-of-Concept Port Drayage Use Case
2022 Cooperative Driving Automation: Research into Automated Port Operations and Automated Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations Proof-of-Concept Demonstration for Automated Port Drayage (Video)
2022 Cooperative Automation Research: CARMA Proof-of-Concept Transportation System Management and Operations Use Case 3—Traffic Signal Optimization with CDA at Signalized Intersections
2022 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 2 Project Modeling and Benefits Estimation - SH 105
2022 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 2 Project Modeling and Benefits Estimation - FM 1960
2022 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 2 Project Infrastructure System Requirements and Architecture Specification
2022 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 2 Project Functional Safety Concept and Hazard Analysis
2022 Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) Phase 2 Project Final Report
Year Project Title Deliverable
2015 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Benefits Estimation Framework for Automated Vehicle Operations Report
2017 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Where will Automated Vehicles Take Us? A Framework for Impact Assessment
2017 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Potential Energy and Emissions Benefits of Vehicle Automation and Connectivity
2017 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics A Framework for Evaluating Energy and Emission Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles through Traffic Microsimulations
2018 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Benefits Estimation Model for Automated Vehicle Operations: Phase 2 Final Report
2018 Development of an Analysis/Modeling/Simulation (AMS) Framework for V2I and Connected/Automated Vehicle Environment (partially funded by JPO) Development of an Analysis/Modeling/Simulation (AMS) Framework for V2I and Connected/Automated Vehicle Environment
2018 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Key performance indicators for assessing the impacts of automation in road transportation: Results of the Trilateral key performance indicator survey
2018 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Finding the tipping point: A sensitivity analysis of network performance and environmental benefits of cooperative adaptive cruise control in freeway driving
2019 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Meta-Analysis of Adaptive Cruise Control Applications: Operational and Environmental Benefits
2019 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Adaptive Cruise Control Applications: Operational and Environmental Benefits
2020 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Performance Comparisons of Cooperative and Adaptive Cruise Control Testing
2020 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Energy and Environmental Impacts of Automated Vehicles: Framework and Preliminary Results
2020 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Building Feedback into Modelling Impacts of Automated Vehicles: Developing a Consensus Model and Quantitative Tool
2020 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics A System Dynamics Perspective for Transportation Planning Under Uncertainty Presentation
2020 AV Scenario Planning Models Incorporating Automated Vehicles into Scenario Planning Models
2021 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics System Dynamics for Strategic Planning Under Technological Uncertainty Presentation
2021 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Automated Vehicle Impacts on the Transportation System: Using system dynamics to assess regional impacts
2022 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics Using a System Dynamics Approach to Understand the Long-term Effects of External Disruptions on Travel and Housing Decisions
2023 AV Impact Assessment and System Dynamics System Dynamics Models of Automated Vehicle Impacts
Year Project Title Deliverable
2019 Truck Platooning: Early Deployment Assessment – Independent Evaluation Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment – Independent Evaluation: Requirements for Performance Measures Report
2019 Exploratory Urban Freight Emerging Automated Urban Freight Delivery Concepts: State of the Practice Scan Report
2020 Truck Platooning: Early Deployment Assessment – Independent Evaluation Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment – Independent Evaluation: Performance Measures for Evaluating Truck Platooning Field Deployments Report
2021 Truck Platooning Impacts on Bridges, Phase I Structural Safety Truck Platooning Impacts on Bridges, Phase I Structural Safety: Final Report
2021 Human Factors Truck Platooning Twinning with EC Ensemble Preparing for Safe and Successful Truck Platooning on Public Roads: Collaboration Between the United States and European Union Journal Article
2021 Tech-celerate Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Video Website
2021 Tech-celerate Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Guides and Brochures
2022 Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment: Phase 2— Test and Evaluation Plan
2022 Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment: Phase 2- Comprehensive Deployment Plan
2022 Truck Platooning: Early Deployment Assessment – Independent Evaluation Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment: Independent Evaluation– Expanded Analysis Plan
Year Project Title Deliverable
2019 Driver Acceptance of Vehicle Automation – Function-Specific Automation (Level 1) Applications Driver Acceptance of Connected, Automation-Assisted Cruise Control- Experiment 1 Report
2019 Vulnerable and Disabled Road Users: Considerations Inside and Outside the Vehicle Vulnerable and Disabled Road Users: Considerations Inside and Outside the ADS Vehicle Presentation
2020 Driver Acceptance of Vehicle Automation – Function-Specific Automation (Level 1) Applications The Effects of Vehicle Automation on Driver Engagement: The case of Adaptive Cruise Control and Mind Wandering
2020 Driver Acceptance of Vehicle Automation – Function-Specific Automation (Level 1) Applications Tech Brief: To Alert or Assist: Comparing Effects of Different Lateral Support Systems on Lane-Keeping: Tech Brief
2020 Investigating Key Automated Vehicle Human Factors Safety Issues related to Infrastructure Investigating Key Automated Vehicle Human Factors Safety Issues Related to Infrastructure: Summary of Stakeholder Workshop
2020 Investigating Key Automated Vehicle Human Factors Safety Issues related to Infrastructure Stakeholder Workshop Results on Automated Vehicles, Safety, and Human Factors
2021 Driver Acceptance of Vehicle Automation – Function-Specific Automation (Level 1) Applications The Effects of Vehicle Automation on Driver Engagement: The Case of Adaptive Cruise Control and Mind Wandering: Tech Brief
2021 Automated Driving Systems’ Communication of Intent with Shared Road Users Automated Driving Systems’ Communication of Intent with Shared Road Users Report
2021 Driver Expectations for System Control Errors, Driver Engagement, and Crash Avoidance in Level 2 Driving Automation Systems Driver Expectations for System Control Errors, Driver Engagement, and Crash Avoidance in Level 2 Driving Automation Systems Report
2021 Additional Considerations for Making ADS Vehicles Accessible to All Road Users NHTSA Safety Research Portfolio Public Meeting: Fall 2021 Presentation
2022 Driver Acceptance of Vehicle Automation – Function-Specific Automation (Level 1) Applications Preferred Following Distance as a Function of Speed Report
2024 Research Key Human Factors Safety Issues for TSMO Response to Emergency Vehicles When Driving in a Mixed Vehicle Fleet
Year Project Title Deliverable
2020 Hazard and Safety Analysis of Automated Transit Bus Applications Hazard and Safety Analysis of Automated Transit Bus Applications
2018 Low-Speed Automated Shuttles Low-Speed Automated Shuttles: State of the Practice Final Report

Featured Project

Hazard and Safety Analysis of Automated Transit Bus Applications

This report presents the findings from an analysis that applies key concepts from Edition 2 of the ISO 26262 standard to a set of Level 0 to Level 2 driving automation systems in the context of a generic 40-ft transit bus.

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Contacts

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Hyungjun Park

Automation Program Manager

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

ITS Joint Program Office

(202) 366-9126