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Introduction: The Transportation Research Board’s 2013 Workshop on Road Vehicle Automation

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Road Vehicle Automation

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This chapter introduces the TRB 2013 Workshop on Road Vehicle Automation, which was the original source for the papers that are included in this volume. The TRB organization and its functions are explained, providing the context for this workshop and its significance. The reasons for creating the workshop are explained, in the context of the history of road vehicle automation work in the U.S. The structure and organization of the meeting are explained, showing its mixture of plenary talks, breakout discussions, technical demonstrations and ancillary meetings. The chapter concludes with a discussion of future directions and thoughts about the future meetings in this series.

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  1. California PATH Program, TRB Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Steven E. Shladover

  2. TRB Joint Subcommittee on Challenges and Opportunities for Road Vehicle Automation, ITS Consultant, Washington, D.C, USA

    Robert P. Denaro

  3. TRB Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Jane Lappin

  4. TRB Emerging Technology Law Committee, University of South Carolina School of Law, 701 Main Street, 29208, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

    Bryant Walker Smith

  5. TRB Emerging Technology Law Committee, Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Bryant Walker Smith

  6. TRB Emerging Technology Law Committee, Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS), 416 Escondido Mall, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Bryant Walker Smith

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  1. Steven E. Shladover
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  2. Jane Lappin
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Correspondence to Jane Lappin .

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  1. VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, Berlin, Germany

    Gereon Meyer

  2. Center for Automotive Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Sven Beiker

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Shladover, S.E., Lappin, J., Denaro, R.P., Smith, B.W. (2014). Introduction: The Transportation Research Board’s 2013 Workshop on Road Vehicle Automation. In: Meyer, G., Beiker, S. (eds) Road Vehicle Automation. Lecture Notes in Mobility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05990-7_1

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