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Project 1-1: Designing Tools for Assessing Readiness of Rural Communities for New Technologies
Project 1-1: Designing Tools for Assessing Readiness of Rural Communities for New Technologies
Principal Investigator: Jerry Everett (University of Tennessee)
Other Investigators: Asad Khattak (UTK); Sudhagar Nagarajan (FAU); Venktesh Pandey (NCAT)
Project Partners: Florida Atlantic University (FAU), North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT), University of Tennessee (UTK)
Research Project Funding: $799,000 (Federal: $380145; Non-Federal: $418,855)
Project Status: Completed
Project Start and End Date: 08/01/2023 to 07/31/2025
Project Summary: Rural communities present unique infrastructural, cultural, institutional, and social challenges that must be integrated into transportation planning and the implementation of emerging transportation technologies. The objective of this project is to develop a novel classification system that can comprehensively assess the readiness of different types of geographical regions found in Region 4 for technological transportation innovations. Building from engagement with Region 4 stakeholders, researchers in this project will review classification systems developed for similar applications, document potential interactions between emerging technologies, and investigate key issues regarding classification criteria.
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Designing Tools for Assessing Readiness of Rural Communities for New Technologies
Project Publications
Project Publications
Patwary, A., Khattak, A., Usman, S., Mahdinia, I. (2024). A Framework to Assess Readiness of Intelligent Mobility Technologies-Data Needs and Results of a Readiness Survey. Presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
Adeel, M., Khattak, A., Usman, S. M., & Moradloo, N. (2025). Are We Ready for Automated Vehicles?: Evaluating Automated Driving Systems’ Safety and Reliability Using Propensity Score Matching. Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
Patwary, L., Usman, S., & Khattak, A. (2025). Exploring the Relationship between Transportation Cost Burden and Mental Health in Burdened Communities, while Addressing Endogeneity. Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
Saeidi, S., Manikkavasagam, N., Nagarajan, S., & Kaisar, E. (2026). A Data-Driven Spatial Framework for Autonomous Shuttle Readiness in Rural Florida. Accepted for presentation at the ASCE Transportation & Development Conference 2026, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Alaka, O. B., Manikkavasagam, N., Quansah, D., Pandey, V., & Nagarajan, S. (2026). A multi-criteria corridor readiness framework for autonomous vehicles: A rural North Carolina case study. Accepted for presentation at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
Soheila Saeidi, Nithish Manikkavasagam, Sudhagar Nagarajan, Evangelos Kaisar, "A Spatial Framework for Evaluating Autonomous Shuttle Readiness Across Rural Counties in Florida," 105th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, January 5–9, 2026, Washington, D.C.; Accepted.
Usman, S. M., Khattak, A. J. and Patwary, A. L. (2025). Are there differences in public interest toward automated vehicles’ ownership in burdened and non-burdened communities?, Transportation Planning and Technology, pp. 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2025.2546096.
Alaka, O. B., Pandey, V., & Khattak, A. ( in press ). Investigating automated shuttle readiness for rural areas: A North Carolina case study. Transportation Research Record. (Accepted)
Adeel, M., Khattak, A., Usman, S.M., & Moradloo, N. (2025). Are We Ready for Highly Automated Vehicles? Evaluating Automated Driving Systems’ Safety and Reliability Using Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Adjustment. Under review in the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Patwary, L., Usman, S., & Khattak, A. (2025). Exploring the Relationship between Transportation Cost Burden and Mental Health in Burdened Communities: Addressing Endogeneity using Two-Stage Residual Inclusion Approach. Under Review in a Journal.
Usman, S. M., Khattak, A. J., Everett, J. (2025). Enhancing Rural Transportation Planning: A Suite of Innovative Readiness Assessment Tools for Emerging Transportation Technologies. Under Review in a Journal.
Soheila Saeidi, Nithish Manikkavasagam, Sudhagar Nagarajan, Evangelos Kaisar, "A Spatial Framework for Evaluating Autonomous Shuttle Readiness Across Rural Counties in Florida"; Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems (Revising—In Response to Reviewers’ Comments).
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Acknowledgement: Funding for this research was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), University Transportation Centers Program, through the Center for Regional and Rural Connected Communities (CR2C2) under Grant No. 69A3552348304.
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