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