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Collaboratively Integrating ADS into our Transportation Systems: Concept of Operations for Transportation Agencies

Date and Time: Tuesday, July 11, 2023: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

John Corbin 

Transportation Automation Program Manager, USDOT Federal Highway Administration

Presentation Description

As the transportation industry progresses to an environment where the use of automated driving systems (ADS) becomes more prevalent, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) initiated a process in 2019 to better understand how to effectively integrate ADS into transportation systems and operations supporting common ADS use cases and achieving desired societal outcomes. This project defined a business case for transportation agencies’ involvement in ADS integration, identified 55 needs for ADS integration, and translated these needs into 34 capabilities that describe what the collective transportation industry needs to accomplish for ADS integration to be successful.

This poster presentation will engage attendees in discussing the identified capabilities and the collaborative steps that the transportation industry can take to advance them. The poster will also highlight direction for further advancement of ADS integration seeking input from attendees on needed enhancements or new content in the planned Version 2 with a focus on understanding the role of roadway digital infrastructure for ADS integration.

Speaker Biography

John is the Transportation Automation Program Manager for the Federal Highway Administration Office of Operations; and is also adjunct faculty in colleges of engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He previously served as the Director of Traffic Operations in Wisconsin and Iowa Departments of Transportation. While with Wisconsin, he also served as the State Traffic Engineer, and as the Freeway Operations Engineer and Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Manager for Metropolitan Milwaukee. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Traffic Control Engineer for the City of Milwaukee, and as a Construction Engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. John completed his undergraduate degree in Transportation Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1986, obtained a Master of Civil and Environmental Engineering degree through the University of Illinois-Chicago and UW-Madison, and earned a UW Certificate in Public Administration. He is active as a Fellow of both the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers, as well as in committee leadership of the Transportation Research Board.

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