The fifth annual meeting of the International Task Force on Vehicle-Highway Automation convened at the Sydney Convention Center in Sydney, Australia on October 4, 2001. The meeting was hosted by ITS Australia, which provided superb administrative support. The meeting was co-chaired by Richard Bishop, Bishop Consulting, and Dr. Steven Shladover, Deputy Director of the California PATH program (Dr. Shladover replaced Mr. Greg Larson, Chief of the Office of Advanced Highway Technology at Caltrans, who was unable to attend). The meeting was attended by 30 invited participants, with representation from Australia, the European Commission, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Of this group, 17 are government officials or with AHSRA, 5 are with research laboratories, and 8 with the private sector. One European vehicle manufacturer was directly represented, with Japanese manufacturers represented through AHSRA. The meeting was structured in two parts. During the evening of October 4th and the morning of October 5th, overview presentations provided the latest status on projects and policy developments within their programs. The afternoon of October 5th consisted of examination of key issues identified during the discussions which followed the presentations. Going into the meeting, the following issues were seen as primary: • Deployment Paths • User and Societal Issues • Role of the Infrastructure At the end of the second day, next steps for the ITFVHA were discussed. These proceedings provide a brief overview of each of the presentations (the full presentations are included as an appendix), with an emphasis on capturing the key issues brought up in discussion. An appendix provides a timeline that was assembled based on the presentation material. A list of attendees is also provided. (Author/publisher)
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