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State and Local Implications for Connected and Automated Vehicles

AASHTO SCOHTS Meeting

James Pol, PE, PMP

Technical Director FHWA Office of Safety R&D

Agenda

• USDOT ITS Strategic Plan 2015-2019
• Connected Vehicles & Safety Benefits
• Automated Vehicles
• Community Response to Connected Vehicles
• FHWA Connected Vehicle Deployment

Guidance

• Connected Vehicle Applications & Pilots

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Congestion Today

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Congestion Tomorrow

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Limits on Creating New Capacity

Source: http://www.dot.gov/BeyondTraffic

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Kate Hartman

ITS Strategic Plan 2015-2019

U.S. Department of Transportation ITS Joint Program Office

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Vision and Mission

VISION Transform the Way Society Moves MISSION

Conduct research, development, and education activities to facilitate the adoption of information and communication technology to enable society to move more safely and efficiently.

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Innovation Through Connectivity: Connected Vehicles

Connected vehicles are the future of transportation:

• Connected vehicles can save lives by significantly

reducing traffic accidents

• Connected vehicles can make travel easier, more

efficient, and more enjoyable

• Connected vehicles can help curb pollution
• Connected vehicles include all modes of transportation

as well as pedestrians

• Connected vehicle research is a partnership between

the USDOT, the auto industry, and other public and private researchers

• Connected vehicles are not a threat to your privacy

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Program Category: Connected Vehicles

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Safety Benefits of Connected Vehicles

• NHTSA studied the safety benefits of two V2V applications: Intersection Movement Assist (IMA) and

Left Turn Assist (LTA).

• NHTSA estimates that IMA and LTA would potentially prevent up to 592,000 crashes and save up to

1,083 lives annually.

IMA: Warns the driver when it is not safe to enter an intersection— for example, when something is blocking the driver’s view of

• pposing or

crossing traffic LTA: Notifies a driver who is attempting to make a left turn with oncoming traffic that it is not safe to proceed

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Innovation Through Automation: Automated Vehicles

The path toward connected vehicles will ultimately lead to automated vehicles.

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• Full automation has the potential to

revolutionize the transportation system but requires careful study

• Partial automation will likely provide

significant transportation system benefits

• Connectivity is critical to safe and efficient
• perations

Automation In Transportation

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Community Responses to Connected Vehicles

• “The focus for connected vehicles should be in

making a dramatic improvement in road safety…by the application of systems engineering to the four contributing domains:

– road design and traffic control systems; – vehicle design and networking; – information and communications technology applied to road traffic safety; and – human systems integration optimization.

Source: IdeaScale Response to ITS Strategic Plan 2015-2019 13

Deployment is Coming

• V2V auto industry deployments moving

forward

• NHTSA announcement about regulatory

proposal that would require V2V in new vehicles

• V2I prototype deployment testing nearing

completion

• Ongoing supporting research such as AASHTO

Footprint Analysis and Pooled Fund Studies

Source: http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations/worldcongress2014/PDF/V2I_Deployment_Guidance_Arnold.pdf

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How Do You Prepare?

• Infrastructure will be deployed and operated

by State and local DOT’s

– Not a “shall” – Use of V2I is not mandated – But, you need to know about planning, funding, deployment, etc.

• What investments could be made to leverage

a nationwide fleet of equipped vehicles in support of state and local policy and

• perational objectives?

Source: http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations/worldcongress2014/PDF/V2I_Deployment_Guidance_Arnold.pdf

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2015 FHWA V2I Deployment Guidance

http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/pdf/V2I_Depl

• ymentGuidanceDraftv9.pdf

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Topics Covered in the Draft Guidance

• Planning
• Federal-aid Eligibility
• V2I Deployments and NEPA
• Interoperability
• Evaluation
• ITS Equipment Capability and

Compatibility

• Hardware/Software Certification
• Reliability
• Use of Right of Way
• Allowance of Private Sector Use
• Design consideration for facilities
• Use of existing infrastructure
• Use on public sector fleets
• Procurement processes
• Legacy systems/devices
• Communication technology
• DSRC Service Licensing
• Data Connection and Latency
• Connected Vehicle Privacy

Principles

• Connected Vehicle Security
• Data Access
• Manual on Uniform Traffic

Control Devices

• Using Public-Private Partnerships

Source: http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations/worldcongress2014/PDF/V2I_Deployment_Guidance_Arnold.pdf

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Connected Vehicle: Applications

• Connected vehicles will generate robust data about how, when, and

where our vehicles travel—information that could be used to develop new and innovative apps, leading to less congested and safer roads.

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Connected Vehicle Pilots: Help Shape the Future

• Proposed Program Schedule

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Early 2015 - Solicitation for Wave 1 Pilot Deployment Concepts

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Early 2017 - Solicitation for Wave 2 Pilot Deployment Concepts

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September 2020 - Pilot Deployments Complete

• Resources

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ITS JPO Website: http://www.its.dot.gov/

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CV Pilots Program Website: http://www.its.dot.gov/pilots

• CV Pilot Program Goals

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How Connected Vehicle Resonates

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Contact Info

James Pol, PE, PMP Technical Director, FHWA Office of Safety R&D (202) 493-3371 James.Pol@dot.gov James Pol ITS Strategic Plan 2015-2019 http://www.its.dot.gov/landing/strategicplan2015.htm NHTSA V2V Readiness Report http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/2 014/NHTSA-issues-advanced-notice-of-proposed- rulemaking-on-V2V-communications “DOT HS 812 014” USDOT Beyond Traffic http://www.dot.gov/BeyondTraffic

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