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NCHRP 03-101
Costs and Benefits of Public Sector Connected Vehicle Deployment
  • Chicago
  • September 28, 2012
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Project Objective
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Project Objective
  • Assess DOT business practice impacts
  • Focus on direct impacts of CV applications
  • Use USDOT estimates for costs
  • Quantify the costs and benefits
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4 Tasks w/ 12 Subtasks
  • Identify Connected Vehicle (CV) Applications
  • Select Case Study Sites
  • Conduct Structured Interviews
  • Document Impacts on DOTs
  • Prepare Deployment  Plan Template
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Task 2a – Identify CV Applications
  • 11 apps could improve safety
  • 7 apps could enhance mobility
  • 3 apps could supply better data
  • 2 apps could lower costs
    • Pothole Detection
    • Pavement Condition Monitor
  • 2 apps could increase revenue
    • VMT-Based User Fees
    • HOT Lanes
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Task 2b – Select Case Study Sites
  • Virginia
  • Emphasizes a benefit-driven approach addressing a specific mobility challenge
  • Maricopa County
  • Emphasizes how to lower effective cost by levering planned deployments
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Task 2c - Conduct DOT Interviews
  • Deployment strategies
  • Estimated deployment costs
  • Impacts on DOT operations
    • Direct and indirect
  • Data to support estimates of safety and mobility impacts
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Task 2d – Document DOT Impacts
  • Direct Benefit-Cost Impacts
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Traffic data collection
  • Roadside signage
  • Pavement monitoring


  • Indirect Benefit-Cost Impacts resulting from
  • Decreased crashes
  • Increased mobility
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Task 2e – Structure Deploy Plan Template
  • Planning the geographic deployment


  • Planning the application deployment
    • Leveraging synergies between applications
  • Estimate/present
  •     costs & benefits
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Task 3a – ID CV CBA Needs
  • Cost Categories
  • System costs
  • Apps costs


  • Benefit Categories
  • Impacts on DOT operations
  • Safety impacts
  • Mobility impacts
  • Environmental impacts
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Task 3b – Doc CV CBA Assumptions
  • Time horizons
  • Discount rates
  • Vehicle device market penetration
  • Safety impacts
  • Etc.


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Task 3c – Conduct CV CBA
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Task 4a – Report on DOT Impacts
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Task 4b – Final CV Deploy Plan Template
  • How to identify and bundle applications
  • How to sequence deployments over time and geographically
  • How to estimate deployment costs
  • How to estimate deployment benefits
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Task 4c – Final Report
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Task 4d – Outreach
  • Concise outreach materials
  • Discuss CV impacts to the DOT