Advancing the safety, science and policy in the automated vehicle sector
Discover the groundbreaking work of the Institute of Advanced Mobility (IAM) in Arizona, the first state to test and deploy self-driving cars on public roads. Learn how IAM leverages Arizona's well-maintained infrastructure, sunny weather, and top-tier universities to innovate in self-driving and connected vehicle technology.
A Roadmap for the Future
IAM is pioneering what is becoming the national playbook for a safe and scalable transition to advanced vehicles. The consortium brings together experts from the private industry, government and academia. With a strategic, forward-thinking roadmap, IAM provides the technical guidance and coordination to deploy automation to significantly increase safety and efficiency.
Arizona:
A Statewide, Real World Laboratory
Arizona is globally recognized as a hub for innovation and emerging technology. IAM members collaborate to drive the research and development of advanced mobility in Arizona and beyond.
Featured Projects
DRIVE ArizonaThe DRIVE Arizona project aims to build on the successful ADOT-MAG-Verizon Pilot to determine the viability of cellular technology to increase safety for the local community.
Working with the transportation community and municipalities, IAM has defined metrics for operational safety assessment and is constructing cost efficient methodologies for measurement.
Enabled by artificial intelligence, IAM is exploring how to use the state’s traffic camera network to broadly monitor the introduction of automated vehicles to roadways and provide key safety and operational insights to traffic management officials.
Latest News
How your phone could be the solution to safer roads
The Arizona Commerce Authority received more than $1.7 million through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s SMART Grant program, which stands for Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation. The money will be used to work on the ACA’s ‘vehicle to everything’ technology.
Automated car safety
Arizona is a hot bed for testing automated cars, but they also come with a host of safety concerns. Now, ASU researchers are exploring ways to make automated cars safer. Dr. YZ Yang, an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Fulton Schools at ASU, is working to understand traffic through monitoring and data collection to inform autonomous vehicles.