Safety and Capacity Analysis of Automated and Manual Highway Systems

Jason Carbaugh, Datta N. Godbole and Raja Sengupta

Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings from Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley

Abstract: This paper compares safety of automated and manual highway systems with respect to result- ing rear-end collision frequency and severity. The results show that automated driving is safer than the most alert manual drivers, at similar speeds and capacities. We also present a detailed safety-capacity tradeo study for four di erent Automated Highway System concepts that di er in their information structure and separation policy.

Keywords: Express highways--Safety measures; Traffic safety; intelligent transportation systems; automated highways (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-11-01
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