February 3, 2020

The recently published report by the National Science & Technology Council and the United States Department Of Transportation “Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies, Automated Vehicles 4.0” references the work Mobility21 UTC CMU researcher Aaron Steinfeld has done together with the researchers at the University of Buffalo through the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Physical Access and Transportation.

Page 15 of the report says: “NIDILRR’s [U.S. National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research] Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Physical Access and Transportation at Carnegie Mellon University is researching potential reference designs and vehicle interior concepts intended to promote and facilitate the accessibility of AVs for persons with disabilities. This center is also conducting R&D to generate new knowledge about how AVs can help address transportation barriers that are experienced by persons with disabilities in the first or last mile of a trip.”