Over the coming years, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and other state DOTs will need to prepare for the arrival of automated vehicles (AV) through planning, operations, construction, and research. To guide these future efforts, this project developed a AV implementation roadmap for the agency, with applicability for others facing similar challenges. This roadmap identified key contingencies in the development path toward driverless vehicles and provides an assessment of the potential technological impacts on the transportation system of Georgia. It also provided guidance to GDOT, allowing for a planned, efficient, and effective approach to addressing developments in AV technology. To develop this roadmap, the research team drew from a substantial base of reviewed literature, expert interviews, and focus groups with GDOT employees, leadership, and consultants. The experts interviewed included technology developers, fleet operators, industrial firms, academics, and others, and they offered wide-ranging views on the technology’s development trajectory and likely impacts on transportation systems. These interviews broadly echoed the uncertainty discovered in the team’s literature review: levels of risk and uncertainty regarding AV technology development paths remain high. Critically, while industry experts were able to identify the key characteristics of AV technology under development, they were unable to recommend the likeliest path of development around which GDOT can plan. Instead, these interviews suggested a need for extensive caution about early commitments to particular AV development paths. Next, the team presented potential trajectories of AV technology to GDOT leadership, GDOT managers, and consultants engaged with GDOT to reflect on potential impacts to the Georgia transportation system and GDOT’s operational integrity. Similarities and differences between industry and other external expert views, and those of GDOT leadership, managers, and consultants were used to identify key points in the AV technology roadmap, and the roles that GDOT may wish to pursue. Drawing from knowledge gained through these resources, the team developed five classes of recommendations that address areas of implementation: (1) Developing an Internal AV Organizational Structure; (2) Increasing GDOT Familiarity with AV Technology; (3) Managing External Engagements Related to AV Technology; (4) Data, Analysis, and Performance Indicators for AV Technology; and (5) Managing Outside Activities. Each area entails a series of recommendations that enable GDOT to best anticipate, prepare for, and leverage AV technology for a safe and efficient transportation system. Omitted from these recommendations are mid- and long-term AV implementation plans because the team determined uncertainty around deployment timelines and impacts precluded actionable long-term planning. However, the value of developing such plans is recognized, and may be accomplished within the given recommendations. For instance, recommendations provide for internal AV committees and the establishment of AV impact performance indices. As trends develop, internal committees can conduct scenario-planning analyses that consider mid- and long-term impacts of these trends or significant divergence from expected trajectories. As trends and indices converge, GDOT should be able to produce actionable policy, infrastructure, and operational decisions.