Cooperative Automated Transportation (CAT)

Cooperative Automated Transportation

Roadway safety in a cooperative automated world

Highway automation is not years away, or even days away. It’s here now, causing a number of state transportation agencies to react with initiatives related to preparing and supporting Connected Automated Vehicles (CAVs) on U.S. roadways.


Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)

Cooperative Automated Transportation (CAT) deals with CAVs, which are vehicles capable of driving on their own with limited or no human involvement in navigation and control. Per the definition adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there are six levels of automation (Levels 0-2: driver assistance and Levels 3-5: HAV), each of which requires its own specification and marketplace considerations.


Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) and Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)

For traffic safety, vehicle-to-everything communications is the wireless exchange of critical safety and operational data between vehicles and anything else. The "X" could be roadway infrastructure, other vehicles, roadway workers or other safety and communication devices. ATSSA members are at the forefront of these technologies, and are working with stakeholders across new industries to see these innovations come to life.


Sensor Technology

CAVs rely on three main groups of sensors: camera, radar, and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR). The camera sensors capture moving objects and the outlines of roadway devices to get speed and distance data. Short- and long-range radar sensors work to detect traffic from the front and the back of CAVs. LIDAR systems produce three-dimensional images of both moving and stationary objects.


For more information about ATSSA’s efforts on CAT and CAV’s and their interaction with our member products check out the resources below.




Resources

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'Life is a Highway'–And we want to see the roads you travel on

We're looking for photos and videos of you and your team on the job

ATSSA members know better than most that our lives are connected to the roads and highways. We travel them. We work on them. We do our best to make them safe.

And so, with a nod to the song, “Life is a Highway,” we’re looking for photos and videos showing you and your team engaged in your daily work life.

Our goal is to pull together images from across the globe showing our members at work and then share them in a video during the 51st Annual Convention & Traffic Expo. The 2021 Convention & Traffic Expo takes place Feb 8-12 & 16-18.

So get out your phones, snap some photos or short videos of your team and demonstrate the reality that, “Life’s like a road that you travel on.” Smartphone images will work just fine so no fancy equipment is needed.

Be sure to shoot both videos and still shots horizontally (not vertically or portrait mode).

Upload your images now.

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