Transcript Roadway Safety Panel How can ITS assist in bridging design and function?
Roadway Safety Panel
How can ITS assist in bridging vehicle technology with roadway design and function?
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Acknowledgements:
FHWA – ITS Office Jeff Paniati Bill Jones 2
National Safety Challenge
Nearly 43,000 deaths per year from automobile accidents 3 million people injured Automobile accidents cost $230B Federal & State DOT Goal: reduce fatalities to fewer than 1 per every 100 million vehicle miles traveled by 2008 ITS America has established a vision for zero fatalities 3
Current Research
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Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) Reduce motor vehicle crashes by accelerating the development of driver assistance safety products 5
Major IVI Initiatives
Naturalistic Driver Study Rear End Collision Avoidance System Field Operational Test Road Departure Collision Avoidance System Field Operational Test Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Intersection Research 6
IVI RESULTS
Auto Companies Concluded: Vehicle/Infrastructure Cooperation is Essential For Intersection Collision Prevention Lane Departure Prevention
These 2 Account for 75% of Vehicle Crashes
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New Opportunity
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Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)
Confluence of three areas….
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative – crash avoidance Emphasis on improved operations Evolution in telecommunications technology 9
The Concept
A cooperative public-private venture between auto industry and the USDOT / State Departments of Transportation Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) install communications link in
all
new vehicles On Board Units (OBU) Public sector facilitates installation of communications link on roadside Road Side Units (RSU) 10
Equal Opportunity
PUBLIC SECTOR
Obtain Data on Roadways
to
Improve Operations, Maint., etc. - Implement Early Safety Features Ultimately Crash Prevention
PRIVATE SECTOR
Auto Companies A New Business – Services to Their Customers & Safer Vehicles Other Businesses 11
Satellite to Vehicle (GPS)
VII Communications
Data Base Private Sector Uses Communication Hot Spot (DSRC) Traffic Management Center (TMC) Vehicle to Vehicle Vehicle to Roadside (DSRC) ( DSRC)
Vehicle to Roadside Communication -- DSRC
FCC has allocated 75MHz for – Safety Applications (1 st – Private Applications priority) DSRC Key Standards Complete FCC ruled on licensing (Dec., 2003) Testing new DSRC devices in 2004 13
HOW IS DATA USED BY PUBLIC SECTOR
Safety - Early Uses
Intersection Collision
Warning
Emergency Vehicle Signal Pre-emption
Safety - Later
Intersection Collision
Prevention
Lane Departure
Prevention
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HOW IS DATA USED BY PRIVATE SECTOR
Auto Co.s Provide Services to Drivers (Their Customers) Traveler Info Drive-Thru Payment – Gas, Food, Banking Download Files, Infotainment Diagnostic Data 15
Expected VII Benefits
Enables safety applications Provides data – key to improved mobility Enables new private businesses 16
A WIN - WIN
Public Gets Safety Technology Potentially Preventing 75% of all Fatalities Better Managed Transportation Network Auto Co.s Get A New Business Opportunity Safer Vehicles 17
Some Examples
Traditional Road Departure Construct rumble strips on shoulders VII Concept Road Departure Use GIS/GPS Technology to develop virtual rumble strips Signage Speed Limits Install post and mount sign Signage Use GIS/GPS Sign Inventory and post sign messages on heads-up display.
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VII – There Are Issues
Outreach Who else needs to be part of the discussion?
Business Models / Plan Who will own, install, and operate the communications system?
How will it be paid for / self-sustaining?
Nationwide Deployment – all roads, both urban & rural Architecture Who will own and operate the database?
How will the data flow from the vehicle to the roadside and to a central server?
Privacy: Who owns the data?
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VII – Next Steps
Short-Term:
Develop Roadmap / Plan Prepare Conceptual System Design Initiate DSRC Tests Formalize Government Industry Partnership
Long-Term:
Demonstrations Operational Tests Synchronized Deployment 20
The Key: Public-Private Partnership
Industries Transportation Sector Automotive Industry America - Europe - Asia Pacific 21