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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Potential End State
Current State
Data Available to Mobility Applications  Evolution
TRAVELER
VEHICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE
“some”
“a few”
“nearly zero”
VEHICLE
TRAVELER
“nearly all”
“some”
“where needed”
INFRASTRUCTURE
What kind of data environments do we have now?

We’re not starting from a zero data environment.  Our current state is described on the left.  We have infrastructure on the freeways and on some major arterials to capture data.  A few vehicles act as probes in the system.  We also have very infrequent surveys being conducted to find out what people’s context and routes are.

On the right is the potential end state.  It shows the data we think we will need to develop or support applications.  We might deploy infrastructure sensors where needed.  At this stage, we don’t know exactly how many.  We’ll probably need nearly all vehicles to participate and share information.  And we will probably need some travelers to share information with respect to travel context, decisions, and outcomes.  What kinds of transformative applications can we imagine that could potentially be supported with such a flow of data into the system?