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Dan McGehee, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator Laboratories, and Omar Ahmad, NADS's deputy director, discuss the Automated Driving Systems for Rural America study. Led by University of Iowa researchers and funded by a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the project will gather data on the challenges rural roads present to automated driving systems and study how emerging technology can help older residents in rural communities overcome mobility barriers. Read the full story from Iowa Magazine’s winter 2020-21 issue: magazine.foriowa.org/story.php?ed=true&storyid=2029
Dan McGehee, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator Laboratories, and Omar Ahmad, NADS's deputy director, discuss the Automated Driving Systems for Rural America study. Led by University of Iowa researchers and funded by a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the project will gather data on the challenges rural roads present to automated driving systems and study how emerging technology can help older residents in rural communities overcome mobility barriers. Read the full story from Iowa Magazine’s winter 2020-21 issue: magazine.foriowa.org/story.php?ed=true&storyid=2029
