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Main Authors: Italiano, Lorenzo, Marino, Federico, Brambilla, Mattia, Megna, Giovanni, Carambia, Benedetto, Nicoli, Monica
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25021
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  • While highway automation is advancing rapidly, road operators still lack practical methods to assess the readiness of their infrastructures for supporting automated driving systems. This work proposes a quantitative Highway Readiness Index (HRI) that maps static Operational Design Domain (ODD) infrastructure conditions into measurable attributes and weights them through an expert survey to evaluate readiness across Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) automation levels. A real corridor case study shows how HRI scores can be computed, interpreted, and used to identify infrastructure gaps that limit higher automation. Finally, we outline how these indicators can be integrated into a standardized Cooperative Intelligent Transport System (C-ITS) message, i.e., Infrastructure-to-Vehicle Information Message (IVIM), to communicate segment-level automation guidance to connected vehicles.