Q-WARN User Needs (1)
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User Type
User Need
Description
1
Vehicle operator
Need the vehicle to be connected wirelessly to the Q-WARN system/Application
Vehicles should be wirelessly connected using Connected Vehicle or other conventional wireless technologies
2
Vehicle operator
Need to obtain specific traffic information from the vehicle or in-vehicle wireless devices
Information such as traffic flow, speed, sudden deceleration, weather, incidents or other information impacting traffic
conditions should be
pulled from the vehicle.
3
Vehicle operator
Need information on impending traffic queue should be provided to drivers/vehicles
In order to enable queue warning, recommend queue warning information such as “BACKUP AHEAD, BE PREPARED TO STOP, 1/4/MILE”.
4
Vehicles
Need to exchange traffic flow, traffic condition and queue backup information from other vehicles
To enable real-time queue warning, communication with other nearby vehicles on
the roadway
will be required to assess queue lengths in real time
5
Roadway System
Need to obtain information from traditional roadway sensor systems, in near real time, to assess roadway conditions and queue lengths
To aid in Q-WARN, the
system/application should obtain traffic flow and speed information from existing sensors (Vehicle Detection Sensors) and other probe system sensors, if available