Influence of a Haptic Driver Support System on Informational Processing , Attentional Resource Management , and Driving Performance

16 ITS Institute research is centered on safety-critical technologies and systems for efficiently moving people and goods in the following areas: human performance and behavior • technologies for modeling, managing, and operating • transportation systems computing, sensing, communications, and control • systems social and economic policy issues related to ITS • technologies The Institute’s research program joins technologists—for example, engineers and computer scientists—with those who study human behavior to ensure that new technologies adapt to human capabilities, rather than requiring drivers to adapt to technology. The Institute’s geographic location gives it a unique advantage for developing research applicable to transportation in a northern climate and transportation in rural environments in addition to the metropolitan Twin Cities area. The ITS Institute research program includes research projects funded by various partners, including federal funds from SAFETEA-LU legislation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Park Service, and the Department of Homeland Security. Other funding partners include the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), Minnesota Local Road Research Board, Metropolitan Council, Hennepin County, Metro Transit, and the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority in addition to local governments, agencies, and private companies that contribute funding and in-kind match. Activities undertaken by the Institute support all ITSrelated research projects, regardless of funding source; all current ITS-related projects are listed in this annual report. The research section comprises two parts. The first highlights in detail a selection of projects under way, while the second briefly describes other Institute projects either recently completed, in progress, or selected to begin this coming year. Research funding sources for all ITS-related research projects