Equity
Automated vehicles (AVs) hold the promise to remove barriers to personal transportation, particularly for those with disabilities limiting their ability to drive. However, AVs may also harm social equity for disadvantaged groups. This dichotomy has been referred to as the “AV heaven” and “AV hell” scenarios. To avoid “AV hell”, CCAT aims to create equitable transportation, where equal and adequate access to quality, reliable, safe, and affordable transport options can be provided to all individuals regardless of their financial resources.
Research Focusing on Equity
| Addressing Spatial Mismatch in Labor and Transportation Access with Connected Automated Shuttles to Meet the Needs of Low-Income Populations |
| Principal Investigator(s): Amanda Blomberg Stathopoulos Research Focus: Mobility, Equity |
| Autonomous Vehicle Challenges for the US Rural Midwest |
| Principal Investigator(s): Rajesh Rajamani Research Focus: Safety, Mobility, Equity |
| Generating High-Accuracy Transportation Datasets with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Gabor Orosz Research Focus: Safety, Mobility, Equity |
| Impact of Modularized Autonomous Vehicles on Transit System Design and Operations |
| Principal Investigator(s): Marco Nie Research Focus: Safety, Mobility, Equity |
| Infusing Sustainability into Connected and Autonomous Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Krishnakumar Nedunuri, Ramanitharan Kandiah, Deng Cao, & Edison Perdomo Research Focus: Cybersecurity, Equity |
| Learning Mobility Insecurity from Location Intelligence Data |
| Principal Investigator(s): Marco Nie, Ying Chen, & Alexandra K. Murphy Research Focus: Equity |
| Making CAV Deployments Compatible with Complete Streets Objectives |
| Principal Investigator(s): Hani Mahmassani Research Focus: Safety, Mobility, Equity |
| Meeting the Dual Aspirations of Flow Efficiency and Equity in Urban Traffic in Connected Sustainable Cities: A Systematic, Coherent Approach |
| Principal Investigator(s): Hani Mahmassani Research Focus: Safety, Mobility, Equity |
| Optimizing Electric Vehicle Charging Station Locations: Exploring Grover’s Quantum Search Algorithm |
| Principal Investigator(s): Alireza Talebpour Research Focus: Mobility, Equity |
| Optimizing Investments in Design, Maintenance, and Operations of Transportation Infrastructure to Capitalize on the Promise of Connected Automated Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Pablo Luis Durango-Cohen Research Focus: Safety, Mobility, Equity |
| Practice-Ready Guidelines for Training Older Adults to Use Connected and Automated Vehicles: Testing of an Enhanced Training Program at Mcity Test Facility and the Goodyear Test Track |
| Principal Investigator(s): Lisa Molnar & Ping Yi Research Focus: Safety, Mobility, Equity |
| Roundabout Connected/Automated Vehicle Active Inference Control Strategies to Improve Safety for All Users |
| Principal Investigator(s): Vassilios Morellas & Ted Morris Research Focus: Safety, Mobility, Equity |
| Using Connected Intelligent Transportation to Enhance Vulnerable Road User Safety |
| Principal Investigator(s): Sikai Chen, Sue Ahn, & David Noyce Research Focus: Safety, Equity |
| Using Connected Intelligent Transportation to Enhance Vulnerable Road User Safety: Phase II Real-world Testing and Deployment |
| Principal Investigator(s): Sikai Chen Research Focus: Safety, Equity |
