Mobility
CCAT advocates for the implementation of new infrastructure to accommodate vehicles with advanced levels of automation. This may entail making adjustments to the existing physical infrastructure and establishing a sophisticated digital infrastructure to facilitate the operation of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), especially in complex traffic scenarios. CCAT explores and develops cooperative driving automation (CDA) applications, which can effectively alleviate both recurrent and non-recurrent traffic congestion on highways and major roads. Additionally, CCAT is keen on investigating the tradeoffs between the benefits and costs of individual sensing versus cooperative sensing for CAVs. The research findings from these proposed initiatives will offer timely support to government agencies in formulating policies that guide the development and deployment of CDA.
Research Focusing on Mobility
| 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 |
| COVERT: Cognitive Internet of Vulnerable Road Users in Traffic |
| Principal Investigator(s): Carol Menassa & Vineet Kamat Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Methodologies for Monitoring Work Zone Performance Measures across State Border Highways Using Connected Vehicle Data |
| Principal Investigator(s): Darcy Bullock Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| 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 |
| Planning and Dynamic Management of Autonomous Modular Mobility Services |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yanfeng Ouyang Research Focus: Mobility |
| 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 |
| Prototyping a Low-cost Roadside Device System for Cooperative Automated Driving |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yang Cheng, Bin Ran, & Steven Parker Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Roadway Friction Screening and Measurement with Automated Vehicle Telematics and Control |
| Principal Investigator(s): Xiaopeng Li, Yanfeng Ouyang, & Heye Huang Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| 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 |
| Traffic Control based on CARMA Platform for Maximal Traffic Mobility and Safety |
| Principal Investigator(s): Xiaopeng Li & David Noyce Research Focus: Mobility |
