The Automated Highway System: an idea whose time has come. (includes related articles) From: Public Roads | Date: June 22, 1994| Author: Congress, Nita | COPYRIGHT 1994 Superintendent Of Documents. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Automated Highway System (AHS) is a technology intended to improve the efficiency, safety and predictability of highway driving. The development of the AHS program was accelerated in response to the call of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 for the creation of a prototype for the fully automated intelligent vehicle-highway system of the future. The AHS aims to maximize driving performance by linking the vehicle to the road through sensors and communication devic...