Research

DOT-Sponsored Research Activities

Policy and Institutional Issues

IntelliDriveSM Policy and Institutional Issues Research is the research and analysis that will:

  • Address policy and institutional issues that limit or challenge successful IntelliDriveSM deployment.
  • Formulate recommendations and options.
  • Identify how key partners and industry will contribute to the development of actions that will move IntelliDriveSM research and deployment forward.

The Policy research is a collaborative effort among the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), key industry stakeholders, vehicle manufacturers, state and local governments, and representative associations. Collectively, this group will structure and conduct a research agenda focused on the successful deployment of IntelliDrive.SM

Research Plan

Track 1 – Deployment Scenarios. The first track of the research is focused on developing a set of systems definitions of IntelliDriveSM or deployment scenarios that describe alternative visions for how IntelliDriveSM might be deployed across the nation. The deployment scenarios will enable stakeholders to identify infrastructure requirements and the minimum level of infrastructure needed to gain the maximum benefit. Alternative deployment scenarios also form the basis for DOT, stakeholders, and technical experts to design further research and to analyze IntelliDriveSM opportunities and options. Subsequent research tracks will build from these deployment scenarios.

Track 2 – Financing and Investment Models. How will IntelliDriveSM be funded and/or financed, and by whom?

Track 3 – Governance Models.

  • Which elements of the IntelliDriveSM system need to be governed?
  • What are the governance options?

Track 4 – Institutional Issues

  • What are the major institutional, legal, and policy issues that limit or challenge successful IntelliDriveSM deployment? How can they be resolved?
  • How do we address public concerns for privacy, and ensure that applications do not cause distracted driving?

Track 5 – Alternatives Analysis and Recommendations

While research may result in convergence around one viable deployment scenario, it is possible that it may also result in multiple, feasible scenarios. A fifth potential track of research has been defined to compare the alternative scenarios for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks; analyze the trade-offs; and develop recommendations for a robust policy and institutional foundation for IntelliDriveSM deployment.

Draft Plans for Stakeholder Input

The Policy Team welcomes your inputs to the following draft plans:
Safety Program Policy Roadmap SECOND DRAFT July 15 2010 | HTML

Please send inputs to: [email protected] and [email protected].

Research Goal

To structure a comprehensive research agenda that enables a successful and sustainable deployment of IntelliDriveSM; addresses institutional issues; and provides options for a policy foundation.

Research Questions
  • What policy or legislation may be required to successfully launch and sustain IntelliDrive?SM
  • Are the options publicly acceptable?
  • What entities will potentially fund, own, and govern IntelliDriveSM systems, components, and data?
Research Outcomes

The research results will provide:

  • A range of viable options for policies, legislative/regulatory options, governance structures, investment models, marketforces, and resolutions to institutional issues related to IntelliDrive.SM
  • The combination of the options with basic deployment scenarios to illustrate a set of alternative, viable, more richly detailed deployment scenarios for IntelliDrive.SM
  • The development of concepts and recommendations that will be presented for discussion.