Researchers at the Driving Safety Research Institute at the University of Iowa have completed more than three years of testing to learn the challenges automated vehicles encounter when operating on rural roads.

Watch the recording of our fifth webinar to learn about our top nine challenges and successes from testing a highly automated vehicle on rural Iowa roads, including driving under automation on gravel, in winter weather, using high speeds (65 mph), and more.

TR News recently published an article with two of our Iowa team authors titled 'Automated vehicles in rural America: What’s the holdup?'

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our public open house and took a ride in our automated Transit!

KCRG reports: The University of Iowa is shared their results on a self-driven bus that has traveled hundreds of miles throughout rural Iowa. ...

The Gazette reports: The white Ford Transit could be a campus shuttle or a rural transit service van. Only those aboard the vehicle knew it was driving itself around the University of Iowa’s Oakdale research campus.

As of summer 2023, we have completed all of the study drives for our 2.5-year ADS for Rural America Project. The development of any new technology requires lessons learned along the way. This article explores the lessons we have learned in the first half of this U.S. DOT-funded demonstration project.

The recording is now available from our fourth ADS for Rural America webinar, this one focusing on our data portal and accessing our data.

The third webinar in a five-part series will focus on rider and safety driver experience and anxiety. This webinar will be held on Thursday, February 2, at 1 p.m. central.

In a collaborative project with the University of Iowa, AutonomouStuff worked with the ADS for Rural America project to outfit a Ford Transit 350HD shuttle for autonomous operation.