Project Summary: This project aims to recalibrate the CAV benefit analysis tool with regional specific inputs, which will guide policy deployment for safe and effective CAV deployment. With the promise of improving transportation safety, mobility, and other transportation system challenges, CAV technologies may face unique deployment challenges in rural communities, including limited infrastructure, lagging adoption, sparse resources and reduced technological readiness. To address these issues, the project will collect quantitative and qualitative data through surveys and stakeholder engagement targeting residents and stakeholders across eight southeastern states. This region-specific data collection is necessary because previous CAV benefit analysis tools were calibrated using data from the Puget Sound area, which does not reflect the characteristics of the Southeast. Using non-regional inputs would skew safety benefit estimates and reduce the tool’s effectiveness for policy and planning. Collecting data regionally allows for statistically representative input for scenario testing, model calibration, and policy analysis. Further, it facilitates data-driven policy decision making.