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Page 1: ITS Canada Annual Conference A BACCHUS ITS Canada AGM Psn.pdf · ITS Canada Annual Conference Ontario University Research 2012: Emerging Futures Page 1 Ataur Bacchus P.Eng. May 27,

ITS Canada Annual Conference

Ontario University Research 2012: Emerging Futures

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Ataur Bacchus P.Eng.

May 27, 2013

ITS Engineer, Ministry of Transportation, Ontario

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Today’s Presentation

�Note: Treat as First News Release on a quietly developing Story

� Preamble – Origins, Goals

� Funded and Supported Research Projects - itemized

� After-thoughts on ramping up research outcomes

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� After-thoughts on ramping up research outcomes

� Test – How Story develops in the next news release

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Preamble - Origins, Goals

Origins of Connected Vehicle idea

� US Department of Transportation program to develop and deploy a fully connected transportation system

� enable data exchange among vehicles, infrastructure, and mobile devices

Goals

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Goals

� The data obtained from Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) in conjunction with in-vehicle equipment

� will process data and issue warning and advisory messages

� Is perceived to save lives, time and the environment.

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The “Connection” Vision – Enabler

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What can it do? What will it do, reliably,

and with institutional fit?

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Goals of Connected Vehicle University Research

Program (CVURP) – A work in progress

� Public/private/university partnership to identify

requirements, develop opportunities

� Capacity in Ontario industry - jobs

� Leverage Connected Vehicle to

� Increase accuracy and timeliness of information on

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� Increase accuracy and timeliness of information on

traffic and road conditions

� Improve coverage of network – at moderate cost

� Identify elements of next generation traffic

management

� top-down (greater “coherence”) or bottom-up (greater

“relevance”)

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CVURP - 1 - University of Waterloo

� Prediction of Traffic Conditions and Travel Time

� Prediction of freeway conditions using roadside measurements. Guidelines for Optimal Spacing of Bluetooth sensors, Assessment of floating car input to prediction

� VALUE: Proactive options for Traffic Managers,

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� VALUE: Proactive options for Traffic Managers, Travellers; Partial Substitution of Bluetooth and probe technology for more expensive infrastructure

� Final Report – September 2013

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CVURP - 2 - University of Waterloo

� Decision Support System for Optimal Selection of Traffic Data Acquisition Systems

� Analysis of Technology Evaluation Studies; Development of Decision Support Tool; Demonstration of tool.

� VALUE: Overcome limitations of fixed point sensors

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� VALUE: Overcome limitations of fixed point sensors by use of probe/connected vehicles; Overcome inaccuracies from interpolation between fixed points; Avoid some of high costs of sensors and supporting infrastructure

� Final Report and Presentation – September 2013

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CVURP - 3 - University of Waterloo

� Green ITS (Funded by Ontario Research Fund and Industry partners)

� VALUE: Help MTO achieve sustainability goals

� Launched 2010; Final Report April 2015

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CVURP - 4 - University of Toronto

� Smart Infrastructures and Applications for Connected

Vehicles and Transportation Systems (Funded by

Ontario Research Fund and Industry partners)

� VALUE: Reduced hardware and software costs,

Access to generic solutions.

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Access to generic solutions.

� Launched 2011; Final Report 2016

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CVURP - 5 - McMaster University

� Implications of Implementing Connected Vehicle

Transportation Management

� System Architectures, Concept of Operations of

Connected Vehicle, Decision Support and

Management capabilities enabled by Connected

Vehicles, Gaps in Current Technologies or supporting

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Vehicles, Gaps in Current Technologies or supporting

applications

� VALUE: Roadmap for Connected Vehicle Activity at

MTO, Cautions

� Finalizing of Report – September 2013

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CVURP - 6 - Wilfred Laurier University

�Preliminary Assessment of Opportunities and

Impacts in Connected Vehicle Initiative

� Commercialization pathways, market trends/pull,

Global Intelligence

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� VALUE: Understanding interaction of business and

technical factors contributing to Ontario strategy,

business plan for partnership between Ontario

Government and private sector

� Finalizing of Report – September 2013

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CVURP - 7 - Carleton University

�Cognitive Vehicle R and D and Implications for Intelligent Transportation Systems� Development of proposal for Automatic Partnership of

Canada (APC) – Cognitive Car is a major funding initiative of APC

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� Technology Forecasting

� Completed: Draft proposal being circulated to industrial partners

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CVURP - 8 - Ryerson University

�Covered in next presentation

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After-thoughts on ramping up research

outcomes (some arising from HIIF ITS)

� Proposals and reports need to be intelligible – explain blocks of

analysis in English

� Mindful reading – e.g. need to look behind notion “studies show”.

� Operational measures antidote to “high B/C industry”

� Physical (fractional-scale) simulation, a luxury now being

contemplated, better than keeping it all in the computer

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contemplated, better than keeping it all in the computer

� Add fault-trees and fault-proofing to capability-trees. What about

reliability under winter conditions, corrosion, security against

hackers, consequences of rare disruptions?. What about

institutional take-up, regulations, transportation planning, the transit-

car discussion ?

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Onward and Upward!

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Questions?