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From page 1... ... 1Welcome and Introductory Remarks Peter Sweatman of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, welcomed the participants to the symposium. He acknowledged the symposium sponsors -- the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... 2 T O W A R D S R O A D T R A N S P O R T A U T O M A T I O N stage for the breakout group discussions. She stressed the importance of the breakout groups in identifying potential research topics for transatlantic collaboration. Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... 3w e l c o m e a n d i n t r o d u c t o r y r e m a r k s Pedersen acknowledged the work of the symposium planning committee. He noted that the use case scenarios introduced potential practical applications into the breakout group discussions. Read the entire page →
From page 4... ... 4Opening Plenary Session Chris Urmson, Google, Mountain View, California, USA Richard Bishop, Bishop Consulting, Granite, Maryland, USA Steven E Shladover, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA Oliver Carsten, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Risto Kulmala, Finnish Transport Agency, Helsinki, Finland Maxime Flament, ERTICO-ITS Europe, Brussels, Belgium Keynote Presentation: realizing self-Driving Cars Chris Urmson Chris Urmson discussed the work under way at Google related to self-driving cars. Read the entire page →
From page 5... ... 5O P E N I N G P L E N A R Y S E S S I O N the first year, Google's vehicle traveled 7 miles at peak speeds of 40 miles per hour. He noted that the second year, their vehicle and others completed the race. Read the entire page →
From page 6... ... 6 T O W A R D S R O A D T R A N S P O R T A U T O M A T I O N both a cinder block 150 meters ahead of the vehicle and a bicyclist's arm gestures and react accordingly. Urmson noted that one criticism of Google's vehicles has been the Velodyne laser system mounted on the roof, which costs approximately $75,000. Read the entire page →
From page 7... ... 7O P E N I N G P L E N A R Y S E S S I O N Presentation of White PaPer 1: roaD transPort automation as a PubliC–Private enterPrise Richard Bishop and Steven E Shladover Steven Shladover and Richard Bishop summarized White Paper 1, "Road Transport Automation as a Public–Private Enterprise," the full text of which is included in this volume as Appendix A Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... 8 T O W A R D S R O A D T R A N S P O R T A U T O M A T I O N range from 0 (no automation) to 5 (full automation) Read the entire page →
From page 9... ... 9O P E N I N G P L E N A R Y S E S S I O N cles for use by the public on limited to specific roads in Gothenburg, Sweden. The system is anticipated to be operational by 2017. Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... 10 T O W A R D S R O A D T R A N S P O R T A U T O M A T I O N He noted that these issues may be more challenging to address on a transatlantic basis because of the differences in public institutions and public policies. He suggested that there is a need to work harder to identify common lessons from addressing nontechnical issues in the European Union and the United States. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... 11O P E N I N G P L E N A R Y S E S S I O N road transport. One source, eIMPACT, estimated that the benefits could be on the order of a 50% reduction in fatalities. Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... 12 T O W A R D S R O A D T R A N S P O R T A U T O M A T I O N high-quality, real-time traffic information, especially for events, incidents, and congestion. In describing the potential impacts on the automotive industry, Carsten noted that the costs associated with vehicle manufacturing may increase as a result of the complexity of the basic elements of automated driving. Read the entire page →
From page 13... ... 13O P E N I N G P L E N A R Y S E S S I O N in the long term, if all vehicles were fully automated, they might be lighter and simpler than today's vehicle, which would result in lower costs. Kulmala noted that the potential long-term costs to infrastructure owners and operators would be higher owing to more widespread AV applications. Read the entire page →
From page 14... ... 14 T O W A R D S R O A D T R A N S P O R T A U T O M A T I O N constituencies, as illustrated in Table 4) , the key topics (the subject of the white papers) Read the entire page →
From page 15... ... 15O P E N I N G P L E N A R Y S E S S I O N FIGURE 2 Process for use case scenario breakout groups. Opening Reminder of Objectives (5 min) Read the entire page →

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... 1Welcome and Introductory Remarks Peter Sweatman of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, welcomed the participants to the symposium. He acknowledged the symposium sponsors -- the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S.