A year after a number of high-profile automated vehicle incidents, American attitudes toward fully self-driving cars have not rebounded. AAA’s annual automated vehicle survey found that 71 percent of people are afraid to ride in fully self-driving vehicles – indicating that overall sentiment has not yet returned to what it was prior to these incidents occurring (63 percent). AAA believes the key to helping consumers feel more comfortable with fully self-driving vehicles will be bridging the gap between the perception of automated vehicle technology and the reality of how it actually works in today’s cars.
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Automated Vehicle Survey: Three in Four Americans Remain Afraid of Fully Self-Driving Vehicles
Thursday, March 21st, 2019AASHTO National Contest Selects Two State DOT Projects as the Best of the Best
Tuesday, November 13th, 2018For eleven straight years the America’s Transportation Awards competition sponsored by AASHTO, Socrata, AAA and the US Chamber of Commerce has showcased the very best transportation projects in nation. This video highlights the 2018 competition which attracted 79 project nominations from 35 state DOTs. 12 projects earned the right to compete for the grand prize and the Socrata People’s Choice Award. The top two prizes and $10,000 cash awards—to be given to a charity or transportation-related scholarship program of the winner’s choosing–were presented Sept. 24, 2018 at the AASHTO Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
View this complete post...Thanksgiving 2016: AAA Holiday Travel Forecast
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016Consumers are expected to open their wallets this Thanksgiving, with steady income gains fueling strong consumer spending growth. This will drive holiday travel up 1.9 percent, the eighth consecutive year of growth.
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Friday, May 27th, 2016AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (AAA)
AAA projects more than 38 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend. That is the second-highest Memorial Day travel volume on record and the most since 2005. Spurred by the lowest gas prices in more than a decade, about 700,000 more people will travel compared to last year. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 26 to Monday, May 30.
The 2015 Holiday Travel Forecast
Friday, December 25th, 2015AAA
IHS GLOBAL INSIGHT
Travel during the year-end holiday period will top 100 million for the first time, as the 1.4 percent growth will be driven by rising incomes and low prices, boosting consumer spending three percent above year-ago levels.
Thanksgiving Travel Forecast
Thursday, November 26th, 2015AAA Travel forecasts 46.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday, a 0.6 percent increase over the 46.6 million people who traveled last year and the most since 2007. With 300,000 additional holiday travelers, this marks the seventh consecutive year of growth for Thanksgiving travel.
View this complete post...Hidden Highways: Fog and Traffic Crashes on America’s Roads
Thursday, December 25th, 2014AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY
Fog presents numerous challenges to motorists. By definition, it reduces visibility to less than 5/8-mile, and, as fog obscures details of the driving environment and reduces contrast, drivers have difficulty accurately perceiving certain things that are crucial for safe driving, such as depth and speed. Moreover, because high beams reflect off of the suspended water droplets that fog comprises and actually make it harder to see, drivers are deprived of a tool that is useful in other low-visibility situations.
Characteristics of Fatal Crashes Involving 16 and 17-Year-Old Drivers with Teenage Passengers
Thursday, October 11th, 2012AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY Introduction Teenage drivers are involved in more crashes per mile driven than drivers of any other age group; drivers aged 16-17 are involved in about seven times as many crashes per mile driven as drivers in their forties, fifties, or sixties (General Estimates System, 2012; National Household Travel Survey, 2011). […]
View this complete post...Crashes Vs. Congestion Report
Friday, November 25th, 2011CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS
When American motorists talk about transportation problems, they generally key in on traffic. Snarled highways, epic commutes, and gridlocked business and commercial districts mar our suburban existence, weighing heavily upon our elected leaders, our policymakers, and our families. Yet a more costly problem needs to be addressed on America’s roads: motor vehicle crashes. In 2009, traffic crashes killed 33,808 people in the United States – about 93 deaths per day, and nearly four every hour.
AAA Memorial Day 2011 Travel Forecast
Friday, May 27th, 2011AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
AAA and IHS Global Insight project 34.9 million travelers will journey at least 50 miles from home this upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend. This represents an increase of 0.2 percent relative to the 34.8 million trips that occurred over the holiday period in 2010.
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