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Large-Area Emergency Lockdowns with Automated Driving Systems Authors Noah GoodallVirginia Transportation Research Council, USA DOI: https://doi.org/10.18485/ijdrm.2025.7.1.22 Keywords: travel restriction, automated vehicle, autonomous vehicle, self-driving, robotaxi Abstract Region-wide restrictions on personal vehicle travel have a long history in the United States, from riot curfews in the late 1960s to travel bans during snow events to the 2013 shelter-in-place “lockdown” during the search for the perpetrator of the Boston Marathon bombing. Because lockdowns require a tremendous amount of resources to enforce, they are often limited in duration or scope. The introduction of…