Connected and Automated Vehicles

Research Reports

• Development of a smart phone app to warn the driver of unintentional lane departure using GPS technology
  October 2024, Report no. MnDOT 2024-25
• The Grand Iron Range CAV Initiative: History, Partnerships, and Community Engagement
  July 2024, Report no. MnDOT 2024-20
• The goMARTI Self-Driving Shuttle Pilot Program: Lessons Learned and Next Steps for Minnesota's Autonomous Rural Transit Initiative
  June 2024, Report no. goMARTI Policymaker Summary
• Designing an Autonomous Service to Cover Transit's Last Mile in Low-Density Areas
  March 2024, Report no. MnDOT 2024-06
• The Grand Iron Range CAV Initiative: Envisioning Mobility Hubs for Rural City AV Shuttles (Research Brief)
  February 2024, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2024-02
• The Grand Iron Range CAV Initiative: History, Partnerships, and Community Engagement (Research Brief)
  February 2024, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2024-01
• Assessing the Energy Impacts of Cyberattacks on Low-Level Automated Vehicles
  August 2023, Report no. CTS 23-05
• Influence of Autonomous and Partially Autonomous Vehicles on Minnesota Roads
  May 2023, Report no. MnDOT 2023-23
• Understanding Post-COVID Safety Concerns Toward the Use of Transit and Shared Mobility in Greater Minnesota
  April 2023, Report no. MnDOT 2023-16
• Cost/benefit analysis of fuel-efficient speed control using signal phasing and timing (SPaT) data: evaluation for future connected corridor deployment
  March 2023, Report no. MnDOT 2023-06
• Can Automated Vehicles "See" in Minnesota? Ambient Particle Effects on LiDAR
  August 2022, Report no. MnDOT 2022-03
• Turning Point: Shared Automated Vehicles Could Make Cities More Livable, Equitable
  August 2022, Report no. CTS 22-07
• A Path Forward for Distance-Based User Fees (Research Brief)
  May 2022, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2022-03
• Fostering Social Equity with Automated Vehicles (Research Brief)
  March 2022, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2022-02
• A Vision for Future Streets: Leveraging AVs for Greater Health, Equity, Livability, and Prosperity (Research Brief)
  March 2022, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2022-01
• Advancing Social Equity with Shared Autonomous Vehicles: Literature Review, Practitioner Interviews, and Stated Preference Surveys
  January 2022, Report no. CTS 22-01
• Minnesota User Based Fee Demonstration
  December 2021, Report no. CTS 21-07
• Modeling stochastic human-driver car following behavior in oscillatory traffic conditions
  August 2021, Report no. CTS 21-06
• Future Streets: Leveraging Autonomous Shared Vehicles for Greater Community Health, Equity, Livability and Prosperity
  August 2021, Report no. MDC 2021
• Generating Traffic Information from Connected Vehicle V2V Basic Safety Messages
  March 2021, Report no. MnDOT 2021-08
• Challenges and opportunities of autonomous vehicles to urban planning: Investigation into transit and parking
  October 2019, Report no. CTS 19-30
• Planning for Disruption: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
  September 2019, Report no. CTS 19-28
• Non-linear spacing policy and network analysis for shared-road platooning
  August 2019, Report no. CTS 19-27
• Pressure-based dispatch for shared autonomous vehicles
  August 2019, Report no. CTS 19-26
• How Locals Need to Prepare for the Future of V2V/V2I Connected Vehicles
  August 2019, Report no. MnDOT 2019-35
• Development of a Workshop on Automated Vehicle Technologies
  July 2019, Report no. CTS 19-23
• Scenarios and Justification for Automated Vehicle Demonstration in Rural Minnesota
  June 2019, Report no. CTS 19-18
• Identifying the Opportunities and Obstacles of Connected and Automated Vehicles in Rural Minnesota: Community Engagement in Greater Minnesota
  June 2019, Report no. TPEC 2019-02
• Test and Evaluate a Bluetooth Based In-Vehicle Message System to Alert Motorists in Work Zones
  May 2019, Report no. CTS 19-09
• Improving intersection safety through variable speed limits for connected vehicles
  May 2019, Report no. CTS 19-12
• Connected and Automated Vehicles: Opportunity for Safety, Accessibility, and Equity (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-06
• Minnesota's Motorization Trends Reshape Roadway Funding (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-02
• Minnesota's Booming Medical Sector Relies on Airports (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-03
• Minnesota Transportation Finance Database: Visualization Tool Enables Access and Usage (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-04
• Minnesota Transportation Funding: How Are Federal and State Funds Redistributed? (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-01
• Blockchain: A Disruptive Technology for Transportation? (Research Brief)
  February 2019, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2019-05
• Development of Driver Assistance Systems to Support Snowplow Operations
  August 2018, Report no. CTS 18-14
• Equity issues of self-driving vehicles (Research Brief)
  June 2018, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2018-03
• Minnesota Transportation Finance Database: Data updated, new analyses (Research Brief)
  June 2018, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2018-01
• Evolving grain markets and supply chains (Research Brief)
  June 2018, Report no. TPEC Research Brief 2018-02
• Minnesota Transportation Funding Redistribution (2010-2015): Who Contributes More and Who Receives More?
  March 2018, Report no. TPEC 2018-01
• The Transportation Futures Project: Planning for Technology Change
  January 2016, Report no. MnDOT 2016-02

Active and Completed Research Projects

• Use of MnCORS to Support AV Operations in Rural Minnesota
  (06/2024), Status: Active
• Roundabout Connected/Automated Vehicle Active Inference Control Strategies to Improve Safety for All Users
  (02/2024), Status: Active
• Cybersecurity of connected and automated vehicles via traffic anomaly detection
  (01/2024), Status: Active
• Rural Intersection Safety for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
  (01/2024), Status: Active
• Hardening the CAV Ecosystem to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks - Year One
  (06/2023), Status: Active
• Using electric vehicle onboard data for pavement quality assessment and management
  (06/2023), Status: Active
• Hardening the CAV Ecosystem to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks a?? Year One
  (06/2023), Status: Active
• Autonomous Vehicle Challenges for the US Rural Midwest
  (06/2023), Status: Active
• Development and demonstration of a novel Red Light Running Warning System using connected v2i technology
  (12/2022), Status: Active
• An Experimental and Feasibility Study of Tele-operated Autonomous Vehicles
  (09/2022), Status: Active
• Understanding risks and opportunities for ramp metering control in a mixed-autonomy future
  (09/2022), Status: Active
• The Grand Iron Range CAV Initiative Data and Research Support
  (08/2022), Status: Completed
• Cybersecurity for mixed-autonomy traffic: detection and localization of compromised vehicles
  (07/2022), Status: Completed
• Positioning and Localization Sensor Data Sets for Aerial Autonomy Research
  (07/2022), Status: Active
• Connected and Automated Vehicle Engagement Activities: Drive MN and CAV Conference and Technology Showcase
  (03/2022), Status: Completed
• Assessment of Pedestrian Safety and Driver Behavior Near an Automated Vehicle
  (02/2022), Status: Active
• Tool to estimate the safety impact of vehicle levels of automation on Minnesota roads
  (07/2021), Status: Active
• Designing an autonomous service to cover transit last mile in low-density areas
  (06/2021), Status: Completed
• Influence of Autonomous and Partially Autonomous Vehicles on Minnesota Roads
  (05/2021), Status: Completed
• 2021 Connected and Automated Vehicles Career Pathways Camp
  (01/2021), Status: Completed
• Understanding post-COVID safety concerns towards the use of transit, shared mobility, and connected and automated vehicles in Greater Minnesota
  (10/2020), Status: Completed
• Cost/Benefit Analysis of Fuel Efficient Speed Control Using Signal Phasing and Timing (SPaT) Data: Evaluation for Future Connected Corridor Deployment
  (08/2020), Status: Completed
• Development of a Smart Phone App to Warn the Driver of Unintentional Lane Departure using GPS Technology
  (08/2020), Status: Active
• Can Automated Vehicles "See" in Minnesota? Ambient Particle Effects on LiDAR Systems
  (02/2020), Status: Completed
• Managing the Growth of Last-mile Deliveries and Curb Space Demand
  (09/2019), Status: Completed
• Modeling stochastic human-driver car following behavior in oscillatory traffic conditions
  (07/2019), Status: Completed
• Minnesota Distance Based User Fee Demonstration
  (07/2019), Status: Completed
• SCC: Leveraging Autonomous Shared Vehicles for Greater Community Health, Equity, Livability, and Prosperity (HELP)
  (09/2018), Status: Completed
• Pressure-based dispatch for shared autonomous vehicles
  (09/2018), Status: Completed
• Generating Traffic Information from Connected Vehicle V2V Basic Safety Messages
  (08/2018), Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness FY19
  (07/2018), Status: Completed
• Development and Demonstration of an In-Vehicle Lane Departure Warning System using DSRC Based V2V Communication
  (06/2018), Status: Completed
• Scenarios and Justification for Automated Vehicle Demonstration in Rural Minnesota
  (04/2018), Status: Completed
• Connected Autonomous Vehicles in Minnesota Strategic Visioning Workshop
  (03/2018), Status: Completed
• Non-linear spacing policy and network analysis for shared-road platooning
  (03/2018), Status: Completed
• Examining the challenges and opportunities of autonomous vehicles to urban planning
  (03/2018), Status: Completed
• The Road Towards Equity in the Twin Cities: Envisioning the future of Vehicle Automation, Job Access and Equity in the 21st Century
  (03/2018), Status: Completed
• Vehicle Automation and Transportability of Crash Modification Factors
  (02/2018), Status: Completed
• Development of a Course on Automated Vehicle Technologies
  (02/2018), Status: Completed
• Test and Evaluate a Bluetooth Based In-Vehicle Message System to Alert Motorists in Work Zones
  (02/2018), Status: Completed
• Improving intersection safety through variable speed limits for connected vehicles
  (02/2018), Status: Completed
• Urbanism Next
  (01/2018), Status: Completed
• Workshop for Defining and Advancing Minnesota's Autonomous Vehicles Agenda
  (11/2017), Status: Completed
• How Locals Need To Prepare for the Future of V2V/V2I Connected Vehicles
  (10/2017), Status: Completed
• I-94 Connected Vehicles Testbed Operations and Maintenance
  (07/2017), Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness, Year 5
  (07/2017), Status: Completed
• Pilot Study: A Real-time Truck Parking Availability System for the State of Kansas
  (10/2016), Status: Completed
• Smart Human-Centered Collision Warning System: Sensors, Intelligent Algorithms and Human-Computer Interfaces for Safe and Minimally Intrusive Car-Bicycle Interactions.
  (09/2016), Status: Completed
• Test and Demonstration of Connected Vehicles Applications to Maintenance Operations
  (05/2015), Status: Completed
• The Transportation Futures Project: Planning for Technology Change
  (04/2015), Status: Completed
• Building Expertise for Connected Vehicle Safety Applications
  (02/2015), Status: Completed
• Development and Demonstration of Merge-Assist System Using Connected Vehicle Technology
  (06/2014), Status: Completed
• Driver Assist System Pilot for Minnesota Snowplows
  (07/2012), Status: Completed
• SmartDrive: A Cleaner and More Efficient Traffic System through Network Vehicles and Infrastructure
  (07/2012), Status: Completed