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VDOT outlines readiness plan for connected and automated vehicles, highlights 24 investments and 495-factor assessment
Summary
VDOT presented its connected and automated vehicle (CAV) readiness work to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority’s Transportation Technology Committee on April 13, describing a tailored assessment of 495 factors, a 24-item investment roadmap, system-mapping work and pilots on work-zone safety and traffic-signal data sharing.
Amanda Hamm, who identified herself as a lead for VDOT’s connected and automated vehicle program, told the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Transportation Technology Committee on April 13 that the department has built a custom ‘readiness’ assessment and an investment roadmap to prepare infrastructure for emerging vehicle technologies.
"Automated vehicle ... is a vehicle that can conduct some or all of the driving task," Hamm said, explaining distinctions among automated, connected and connected automated vehicles and what each category means for infrastructure owners.
Hamm described the assessment VDOT used to gauge readiness: an internal workbook with 495 factors across four dimensions—people, processes, infrastructure and technology—and a maturity scale from 0 (nothing done) to 4 (fully ready). The department placed most capabilities at level 2 (best current practices)…
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