Road infrastructure requirements to accommodate autonomous vehicles

Scientific paper - Other

• Author: Ana Čudina Ivančev
• Author: Vesna Dragčević
• Author: Tamara Džambas
• Editor: Stjepan Lakušić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: TECHNICAL SCIENCES; Civil Engineering

Abstract (english)

In the last few years, an increasing amount of research has been dealing with the development of autonomous vehicles (AVs). With the increasing deployment of the AVs on the roads over the years it is necessary to adapt road infrastructure to accommodate them. This paper gives an insight into the impact of AVs on the road infrastructure such as horizontal and vertical alignment, and dimensions of cross section elements. The implementation of the AVs into the road network will not depend just on the preparation of road infrastructure but also on the future development of vehicle automation and the proportion of AVs according to conventional vehicles (CVs) into the vehicle fleet. Therefore, according to AVs proportion into the fleet, three different scenarios for road infrastructure upgrades are given. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of the introduction of AVs regarding the requirements for existing and future road infrastructure are discussed.

• Keywords (english): autonomous vehicles, road, infrastructure, integration of AVs
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Other
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Publication title: Road and rail infrastructure VII : proceedings of the 7rd International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructures - CETRA 2022 :
• Numbering: pp. 175-181
• ISBN: 978-953-8168-55-0
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5592/CO/cetra.2022.1462
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:237:438476
• Publication: 2022
• Conference: Title: 7th International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructures : CETRA 2022; Acronym: CETRA; Location: Pula, Croatia; Organizer: Department of Transportation, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb; Start date: 2022-05-11; End date: 2022-05-13; Assembly type: Lecture
• Document URL: https://cetra.grad.hr/ocs/index.php/cetra7/cetra2022/paper/view/1462
• Type of resource: Text
• Publisher: Građevinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
• Publishing place: Zagreb
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-09-02 11:03:37