SRI – USDOT Governing Efforts
•USDOT ITS Strategic
Research Plan, 2010-2014; defines the strategic direction for the USDOT's ITS research program
for the next five years.
–Emphasis: connected vehicle
technologies and applications that uses wireless communications to provide connectivity with and between vehicles; between vehicles and roadway infrastructure; and among vehicles,
infrastructure and wireless consumer devices.
–Areas: safety, mobility, environment
–SRI represents
research to improve safety and mobility of commercial vehicle operations.
•V2I:
–Investigate key
questions such as are vehicle based safety applications using V2I communications effective and do they have
benefits
–SRI represents mode-specific research in
this area with regards to commercial vehicles.
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