Impact of an exclusive narrow automated vehicle lane on adjacent lane driver behavior.

This study contributes to understanding the behavioral impacts of infrastructure adaptation to Automated Vehicles (AVs) on non-AV drivers. It attempts to answer the question of how a narrow (9 ft) lane dedicated to AVs would affect the behavior of drivers in terms of safety measures who are driving in the adjacent lane to the right. To this end, a custom designed driving simulator world was designed mimicking the Interstate 15 smart corridor in San Diego.