ARTBA Workshop Asks: Will Smart Vehicles Meet Dumb Roads?
Thought leaders in transportation and technology are pondering how to prepare "dumb" U.S. infrastructure for the addition of "smart" automated and automation-assisted vehicles. Cars that can drive themselves and "talk" to other cars may bring big potential benefits in terms of capacity and safety but equally big risks in cyber-security and legal issues.
Citing the example of how smart phones have caused a sea change in society, HNTB Senior Vice President Ted Zoli told fellow thought leaders, "What does 'smart infrastructure' mean? Smart vehicles ... give us the opportunity to change the way we think about our [transportation] assets."