Do connected vehicle (CV) technologies encourage or dampen progress toward
widespread deployment of automated vehicles? Would digital infrastructure
components be a better investment for safety, mobility, and the environment? Can
CVs, coupled with smart infrastructure, provide an effective pathway to further
automation? Highly automated vehicles are being developed (albeit slower than
predicted) alongside varied, disruptive connected vehicle technology.
Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure Enablers: Connectivity looks at
the status of CV technology, examines the concerns of automated driving system
(ADS) developers and infrastructure owners and operators (IOOs) in relying on
connected infrastructure, and assesses lessons learned from the growth of CV
applications and improved vehicle-based technology. IOOs and ADS developers
agree that cost, communications, interoperability, cybersecurity, operation,
maintenance, and other issues undercut efforts to deploy a comprehensive
connected infrastructure.