This paper describes the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT's) Automated Highway System (AHS) program. The program is based on a public/private partnership with a national consortium of AHS stakeholders. The program objective is to develop an affordable, user-friendly fully automated vehicle-highway system that has significantly better safety and efficiency of operation, and that enhances the quality of highway travel. This paper describes the program, its progress to date and the program status. (A)
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