This article was originally published in Catalyst, February 2022.
In recent work, researchers in the U’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) examined one potentially important application of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology: ride hailing.
Continue reading Adding Autonomous Vehicles to Ride-Hailing Fleets Could Benefit Platforms and DriversPublic transportation provides a safe, convenient, affordable, and eco‐friendly mobility service. However, due to its fixed routes and limited network coverage, it is sometimes difficult or impossible for passengers to walk from a transit stop to their destination. This inaccessibility problem is also known as the “transit last mile connectivity problem”.
Continue reading New Project: Designing An Autonomous Service to Cover Transit Last Mile in Low-Density AreasThis article was originally published in Catalyst, August 2021.
With the arrival of its fully outfitted autonomous vehicle in July, the University’s MnCAV Ecosystem is ready to facilitate research and testing of sensing technologies, vehicle control, platooning, traffic patterns, and other topics related to connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs).
Continue reading State-Of-The-Art Vehicle to Drive CAV ResearchWhile commercially available self-driving vehicles may still be decades away, an increasing number of vehicles on the market offer advance driver assistance systems (ADAS). For example, ADAS features include adaptive cruise control, steering automation, and hands-free steering.
Continue reading New Project: Tool to Estimate the Safety Impact of Vehicle Levels of Automation on Minnesota RoadsAs autonomous vehicles (AVs) become increasingly more numerous on roadways, they have the potential to substantially alter traffic flow. New vehicles today have many driver-assisting (or SAE Level 1) features—such as adaptive cruise control, parking assistance, collision avoidance, emergency braking and lane-keeping assistance—which still require a hands-on driver. However, as technology advances toward eventual SAE Level 4 automation, vehicles will be able to function without drivers, which will likely change the shape of traffic flow.
Continue reading New Project: Influence of Autonomous and Partially Autonomous Vehicles on Minnesota Roads
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