Introduction -- A National Project in Japan: Innovation of Automated Driving for Universal Services -- Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI) -- Advancing Mobility Solutions for All -- Automated Vehicles: Take-Over Request and System Prompt Evaluation -- Connected Automated Vehicles: Relationship to Travel Behavior & Energy Use -- Technical evaluation and impact assessment of automated driving -- Implications of Vehicle Automation for Planning.

This edited book comprises papers about the impacts, benefits and challenges of connected and automated cars. It is the third volume of the LNMOB series dealing with Road Vehicle Automation. The book comprises contributions from researchers, industry practitioners and policy makers, covering perspectives from the U.S., Europe and Japan. It is based on the Automated Vehicles Symposium 2015 which was jointly organized by the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in July 2015. The topical spectrum includes, but is not limited to, public sector activities, human factors, ethical and business aspects, energy and technological perspectives, vehicle systems and transportation infrastructure. This book is an indispensable source of information for academic researchers, industrial engineers and policy makers interested in the topic of road vehicle automation.