The Role of Infrastructure for a Safe Transition to Automated Driving

Adriano Alessandrini

ISBN 10: 0128229012 / ISBN 13: 9780128229019

Published by Elsevier Science & Technology, Elsevier, 2021

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Role of Infrastructure for a Safe Transition to Automated Driving contextualizes the latest vehicle and road automation research and technology, focusing on the future role of road infrastructures. The book analyzes the problems an uncontrolled transition will pose and examines ways forward, covering risk, safety, and the influence of human factors in automated vehicles. Automated transport researchers, traffic engineers, and transport and city planners will find the book to be a great resource for addressing the complexity of the period during which both human-driven and automated cars will coexist. This integrated vision of different approaches to vehicle automation will help move the technology forward in a thought-provoking manner.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Role of Infrastructure for a Safe Transition to Automated Driving
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128229012
• ISBN 13: 9780128229019
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

The Role of Infrastructure for a Safe Transition to Automated Driving contextualizes the latest vehicle and road automation research and technology, focusing on the future role of road infrastructures. The book analyzes the problems an uncontrolled transition will pose and examines ways forward, covering risk, safety, and the influence of human factors in automated vehicles.

Automated transport researchers, traffic engineers, and transport and city planners will find the book to be a great resource for addressing the complexity of the period during which both human-driven and automated cars will coexist. This integrated vision of different approaches to vehicle automation will help move the technology forward in a thought-provoking manner.

• Introduces the SAE standard, the levels of automation it defines, and the concept of new road infrastructures
• Addresses infrastructural and governance challenges and opportunities for automated vehicles
• Includes learning tools such as chapters overviews, summaries, and a glossary

About the Authors

Adriano Alessandrini is a professor of transportation science and economics at the University of Florence, Florence, Italy. For the past 20 years, he has participated and led many research projects on innovative transport systems and on assessing the environmental impact of transport. Dr. Alessandrini was the coordinator of CityMobil2, the largest European project on integrating automated road transport systems in European cities. He has been published in many transportation-related journals, including Elsevier’s Transportation Research Procedia.

Lorenzo Domenichini is a professor of transportation infrastructures, road safety, and engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. For nearly 40 years, Dr. Domenichini has participated in several national and international research programs, both experimental and theoretical.

Valentina Branzi is the techincal manager of the LaSIS Lab, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. She is responsible for management and use of the LaSIS Driving Simulator for carrying out studies aimed at understanding the behaviour and driving performance of road users.