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    Automated Vehicles

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    Automated Vehicles Guiding

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    Automated Vehicles Guiding

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    Automated Vehicles Taskforce

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    Automated Vehicles Emergency

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    Automated Vehicles Reducing Crashes

    AV Day - Reducing Crashes

    Automated Vehicle Videos

    Automated Vehicle Policy Update

    PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards discusses the PA automated vehicle policy

    What Are Automated Vehicles?

    Transportation officials, advocates, companies, and users around the world are talking about how automated vehicles will change transportation as we know it. But, what exactly are autonomous vehicles?

    CAVs and Emergency Response

    The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) participated Aug. 30, 2016, in a demonstration on how Connected Vehicle technologies will benefit emergency responders. This demonstration, held at Penn State’s Larson Institute test track and in conjunction with the ITS Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic ITE Annual Meeting, featured two demonstrations: the Volvo Connected Truck and its automatic engine breaking system when approaching an incident scene, and Southwest Research Institute’s Emergency Vehicle Alert application, installed on a rental car and ambulance. Skyline Technologies also provided their incident zone vehicle that produced live video stream of the demonstration with their WTI Sidewinder camera. More than 100 responders and transportation professionals attended the demonstration and rode in both the Volvo Connected Truck and in Southwest Research Institute’s vehicles to see up-close how the alert systems worked. The demonstration was organized and supported by Toxcel, Gannett Fleming, NOCoE, and the ITS Pennsylvania and MASITE annual meeting organizing committee.

    AVs in PA Discussion

    PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards and Chris Urmson, CEO of Aurora Innovations, sit down for a discussion on automated vehicles and the future of the technology in Pennsylvania and beyond.

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