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ITS Program Update
Moving Towards Implementation of Wireless Connectivity in Surface Transportation
  • TRB ITS Session
  • January 26, 2011
  • Washington, DC
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ITS Strategic Research Plan 2010-2014
A Truly Multimodal and Connected Effort
  • Vision


  • To research and facilitate a national, multimodal surface transportation system that features a connected transportation environment around vehicles of all types, the infrastructure, and portable devices to serve the public good by leveraging technology to maximize safety, mobility, and environmental performance.


  • Plan developed with full participation by all
  • surface transportation modal administrations
  • as well as with significant interaction with
  • multi-modal stakeholders.
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ITS Research = Multimodal and Connected
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A World With Connected Vehicles and Travelers
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ITS Research Program Components
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Step One – Accelerate V to V Safety
  • Develop a Core Set of Applications
  • Conduct Benefits Assessment
  • Develop Driver Vehicle Interface Guidelines
  • Define Globally Harmonized Standards
  • Assess Security Issues
  • Accelerate V to V DSRC Devices
    • Basic Safety Message Broadcast Devices (Here I am)
    • Aftermarket Safety Devices
  • Prepare for 2013 NHTSA Agency Decision
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Step Two - Demonstrate Safety
  • Safety Pilot
  • Major road test and real world implementation taking place 2011 – 2013 involving:
    • Multiple vehicle types
    • Fully integrated systems and aftermarket devices
  • Also to test
    • Prototype security mechanisms
    • Certification processes
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Safety Pilot continued
  • Goals
    • Support real world V2V and V2I applications with a data rich environment
    • Establish benefits data in support of NHTSA 2013 Agency Decision on V2V Communications with Real World Field Data
    • Create Public Awareness & Determine User Acceptance
  • Outcomes
    • Benefits and user acceptance data for supporting future federal actions
    • Archived road network data for supporting mobility, environmental, and other industry research
    • Multiple supplier sources for devices and infrastructure (Qualified product Lists for Here I am, Roadside Equipment and Aftermarket Safety)
    • Better understanding of the operational policy issues associated with the deployment of V2V and V2I

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Step Three – Define the System and Establish a Testing Environment
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Step Four - Build V to I Safety, Mobility, and AERIS Data Environments and Applications
  • V to I for Safety – Accelerate Signal Phase and Timing (SPAT) Based Applications, Smart Roadside, and Transit
  • Prototype the Data Environment of the Future – All Vehicles as Probes and Open Data
  • Prototype, Field Test and Analyze Mobility Applications
    • Use Open Source Software Approach to accelerate deployment
  • Define and Test AERIS Applications


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Step Five – Build a Reference Implementation
  • Reflect the System Architecture
  • Utilize Harmonized International Standards
  • Implement a Certification Process
  • Implement a Governance Process
  • Implement a Security Process
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Step Six - Conduct Regional Pilots
  • Multiple Implementation Areas
  • Opportunity to Pilot a variety of applications per area’s need (Sites choose from a suite of field tested applications)
  • Seeds Implementation
  • Uses Lessons Learned from Safety Pilot
  • Builds on a Stakeholder Defined Architecture
  • Accelerates DSRC for Safety
  • Leverages Available Wireless Communications for Mobility and Environment Applications
  • Leverages Private Sector Investments Occurring Now
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For More Information
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  • Brian Cronin
  • Team Lead,
    ITS Research
  • RITA,  ITS Joint
    Program Office (JPO)
  • Brian.cronin@dot.gov


  • Valerie Briggs
  • Team Lead, Knowledge Transfer and Policy
  • RITA, ITS JPO
  • Valerie.briggs@dot.gov