METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE BASED ON VULNERABLE ROAD USER DATA

An approach is provided for operating a vehicle using vulnerable road user data. The approach, for example, involves determining a road link on which the vehicle is traveling or expects to travel. The approach also involves querying a geographic database for a vulnerable road user attribute of the road link. The approach further involves providing a notification to activate or deactivate an autonomous driving mode of the vehicle, a vehicle sensor of the vehicle, or a combination thereof while the vehicle travels on the road link based on determining that the vulnerable road user attribute meets a threshold criterion.