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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

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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

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Current Research

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Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI)

Reduce motor vehicle crashes by accelerating the development of driver assistance safety products

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Major IVI InitiativesNaturalistic Driver Study

Rear End Collision Avoidance System Field Operational Test

Road Departure Collision Avoidance System Field Operational Test

Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Intersection Research

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IVI RESULTSAuto 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

avoidanceEmphasis on improved operationsEvolution in telecommunications

technology

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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)

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Equal OpportunityPUBLIC 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

Data Base

Traffic Management Center(TMC)

CommunicationHot Spot (DSRC)

Satellite toVehicle(GPS)

Vehicle-to-

Vehicle

( DSRC)

Vehicle -to-

Roadside(DSRC)

VII CommunicationsPrivateSectorUses

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Vehicle to Roadside Communication -- DSRC

FCC has allocated 75MHz for– Safety Applications (1st priority)– Private Applications

DSRC Key Standards Complete

FCC ruled on licensing (Dec., 2003)

Testing new DSRC devices in 2004

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HOW IS DATA USED BY PUBLIC SECTOR

Safety - Early Uses Intersection Collision WarningEmergency Vehicle Signal Pre-emption

Safety - Later Intersection Collision PreventionLane Departure Prevention

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HOW IS DATA USEDBY PRIVATE SECTORAuto Co.s Provide Services to

Drivers (Their Customers) Traveler Info Drive-Thru Payment – Gas, Food, Banking Download Files, Infotainment Diagnostic Data

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Expected VII Benefits

Enables safety applicationsProvides data – key to improved

mobilityEnables new private businesses

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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

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Some Examples Traditional

Road Departure Construct rumble

strips on shoulders

Signage Speed Limits

Install post and mount sign

VII Concept Road Departure

Use GIS/GPS Technology to develop virtual rumble strips

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

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The Key: Public-Private Partnership

IndustriesTransportation SectorAutomotive Industry

America - Europe - Asia Pacific