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1 Automated vehicles (AVs) have made headlines with applications in the roadway sector. The purpose of this study is to identify the potential for advanced ground vehicle technologies (AGVT) to improve operations in the airside environment. AGVT may provide benefits and potentially increase the efficiency and safety of airside operations. Early tasks of this research project included the identification of AGVT applications in the airside environment, as well as identification of AGVT applications in other sectors that may be relevant to airside applications. Background information about AGVT is provided in Chapter 2. A discussion of applications and lessons learned from these applications and other technology deployments is presented in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 presents prioritized airside applications identified for more detailed evaluation. Chapter 5 presents a detailed evaluation process that can be used by an airport to evaluate AGVT, including assessment areas to support the following evaluation criteria: ease of adoption and stakeholder acceptance, technical feasibility, infrastructure and operational impacts, benefits, and human factors. Chapter 6 presents more detailed evaluation results for the seven airside applications prioritized in Chapter 4. Chapter 7 provides a summary of the key findings of this research, including one-page evaluation results and suggestions for research needs and priorities to advance AGVT into airside activities in the United States. C H A P T E R 1 Introduction
