Determining Requirements for Automated Transit Bus Test Facilities: Considerations for Practitioners

https://doi.org/10.21949/15038282019PDFTech ReportFTA Report No. 0131Bus transitPublic transitAutomatic brakingTest facilitiesSafetyHuman factorsData collectionData managementDriver support systemsShuttle busesMaintenance facilitiesMobilityParatransit servicesTraffic platooningFeeder busesCrash avoidance systemsPersons with disabilitiesInfrastructureInnovationMobility/InnovationUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and InnovationJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)Brewer, JohnCregger, JoshuaGuglielmi, JohnBaas, JessicaNajm, WassimJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems CenterUnited States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and InnovationFederal Transit AdministrationFTA has conducted research on guidelines for test facility requirements to support automated transit vehicle testing and demonstration projects. Stakeholders, including federal agencies, universities, transit agencies and operators, test facilities, and industry representatives, were consulted and, based on those conversations, a list of requirements was compiled in the areas of test facility features, functionality and performance, safety, environmental resilience, human factors, and data collection and management. These requirements were classified as \u201cmandatory,\u201d \u201coptional,\u201d and \u201cnot applicable\u201d with respect to 14 use cases that have been organized into five technology packages\u2014Transit Bus Advanced Driver Assistance Systems; Automated Shuttles; Maintenance, Yard, Parking Operations; Mobility-on-Demand Service; and Automated Bus Rapid Transit.78