Map & interactive demo
Explore the Hawkinsville route
Inspect the rural route in 3D and see where road geometry, markings, and roadside conditions challenge automated driving.
Rural autonomous vehicles
Rural AV,
all in one place.
Our tools, data, code, projects, papers, and news on autonomous vehicles for rural roads, including our Georgia work in the TRAVELS Center.
Interactive evidence hub
Navigate rural AV research
Explore research findings, field pilots, and deployment implications through a searchable evidence map and linked stakeholder recommendations.
Projects
- Tribal & Rural Autonomous Vehicles for Efficiency, Livability and Safety (TRAVELS)USDOT · 2026–2032 · $15M center, about $3.6M to UGA
- Rural Road Infrastructure Assessment and Enhancement for Autonomous Vehicle DeploymentUSDOT CR2C2 · 2025–2026
Code & data
- ADAS infrastructure readiness GitHub · UGA-MOBILITY-LAB/adas-infrastructure-readiness-dataset
- Hawkinsville route viewer GitHub · UGA-MOBILITY-LAB/rav-demo
- Rural AV evidence hub GitHub · UGA-MOBILITY-LAB/rav-literature-review
- Download data Hawkinsville route · github.com
Papers
On this site
In the news
- UGA partners with UW–Madison on $15M rural autonomous vehicle initiativeOct 29, 2026
- NHTSA Deputy Administrator visits UGA's Future Mobility Living LabOct 27, 2026
- Hawkinsville HD map and point-cloud data releasedAug 2026
- Rural AV evidence hub updated with interactive synthesisAug 8, 2026
- Pulaski County field visit advances rural AV planningJul 13, 2026
- Tianle Zhu shares rural-road AV readiness researchApr 15, 2026
- Capstone team earns a design award2026