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Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology
Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
SUMMARY REPORT |
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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-16-075 Date: December 2017 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-16-075 Date: December 2017 |
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1. Report No.
FHWA-HRT-16-075 |
2. Government Accession No. | 3 Recipient's Catalog No. | ||
4. Title and Subtitle
The Potential of Multiple Connected and Federated Simulators and Models for Highway Transportation Research |
5. Report Date December 2017 |
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6. Performing Organization Code | ||||
7. Author(s)
Donald Fisher, Nate Deshmukh Towery, Melissa Wong, Elizabeth Machek, Gina Melnik, and Maura Lohrenz |
8. Performing Organization Report No.
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address U.S. Department of Transportation |
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) |
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11. Contract or Grant No.
Contract DTFH61-14-V-00025 |
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
Federal Highway Administration |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Final Report |
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14. Sponsoring Agency Code
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15. Supplementary Notes
The Contracting Officer’s Representative was Terry Halkyard (HRTM-30), and the Technical Contact was David Kuehn (HRTM-30). |
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16. Abstract
Understanding the choices that drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians make is critical to improving the safety and efficiency of the Nation’s roadways. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) seeks to understand the technological challenges of advancing the use of federated simulation and modeling and the different uses that researchers and practitioners envision for this technology. This report examines the current state of the practice in connected simulators and related models and the challenges that remain. FHWA also looked at the potential uses for this technology—connecting simulators with simulators, simulators with models, or models with models—and the types of transportation research to which it can potentially be applied to advance research in the areas of safety, operations, planning, and policy. This could lead to decreases in crashes, congestion, and carbon emissions.
An important research tool has been the use of driving simulators to observe and record traveler behavior under a variety of simulated situations. There have been rapid developments in the simulators and related models used that could be applied to highway transportation research. These developments have the potential to advance research in the areas of safety, operations, planning, and policy, which could lead to decreases in crashes, congestion, and carbon emissions. This report addresses these limitations and documents the developments in the simulators that would be beneficial to many in the highway transportation industry. |
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17. Key Words
Simulators, simulation models, driving simulators, modeling, connected driving simulators, driver choices, human factors, safety, operations, advanced research |
18. Distribution Statement
No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. |
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19. Security Classification Unclassified |
20. Security Classification Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages 43 |
22. Price |
Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) | Reproduction of completed page authorized |
SI* (Modern Metric) Conversion Factors
3D |
three-dimensional |
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ADS |
automated driving suite |
CAD |
computer-aided design |
DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
DIS |
distributed interactive simulation |
EAR |
Exploratory Advanced Research |
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
HERS |
Highway Economics Systems Requirements |
HLA |
high-level architecture |
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
ITS |
intelligent transportation system |
IUPUI |
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis |
LTAP |
left turn across path |
MPO |
metropolitan planning organization |
NADS |
National Advanced Driving Simulator |
OST-R |
Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Research |
OSU |
Ohio State University |
SHRP2 |
Second Strategic Highway Research Program |
TFHRC |
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center |
TRB |
Transportation Research Board |
UAS |
unmanned aircraft system |
V2V |
vehicle-to-vehicle |
VPN |
virtual private network |
VRML |
Virtual Reality Markup Language |