ITS Research Workshop U.S. DOT Perspective on Immediate Research Topics and Areas

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ITS Research WorkshopU.S. DOT Perspective on
Immediate Research Topics and Areas

• Joseph I. Peters, Ph.D.
• Director, Office of Operations RD
• Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• U.S. Department of Transportation

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Secretary LaHoods Priorities

• Safety Improve public health and safety by
  reducing transportation-related fatalities and
  injuries.
• Livability Promote place-based policies that
  provide transportation choices and improve the
  quality of life for all Americans.
• State of Good Repair Ensure the U.S.
  proactively maintains its critical transportation
  infrastructure.
• Economic Competitiveness Foster transportation
  investments and policies that serve the traveling
  public and freight movement to bring lasting
  economic and social benefit to the Nation.
• Environmental Sustainability Pursue
  transportation policies and investments that
  reduce carbon emissions and foster protection of
  critical watersheds and ecosystems.

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U.S. DOT Strategic Plan
https//dotstrategicplan.ideascale.com/a/panel.do?
id8329
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U.S. DOT is Focused on Critical Transportation
Issues

• Safety
• Distracted driving
• High-speed rail
• Alternative fuels
• Livability
• Sustainability
• Nanotechnology
• Land use planning
• Connected vehicles
• Next generation 9-1-1
• Traffic congestion
• Innovative financing
• Marine highways
• Climate change

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U.S. DOT RDT Strategic Plan

• Multimodal RDT Planning Team working on
  strategic research plan
• Received stakeholder input via Federal Register
  in January 2010
• Continuing to develop collaborative projects and
  programs
• Look for draft plan this summer via Open.gov
  comment process similar to DOT stratetic plan
• Continuing to solicit input from key stakeholders
• Expert panel convening to review draft plan
• Developing DOT research knowledge management
  system

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Research Clusters
Scientific Clusters

• Infrastructure Materials
• Human Factors
• Energy Sustainability
• Risk-Based Analysis to Address Safety Issues
• Data Driven Decision Making
• Multimodal Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Livability
• Modeling and Simulation
• Positioning, Navigation Timing
• Transportation Implications for an Aging
  Population and Those with Special Needs
• System Resilience Global Logistics
• Policy Analysis
• Travel Behavior
• Economics

Key Priorities

• Safety
• Livable Communities
• State of Good Repair
• Economic Competitiveness
• Environmental Sustainability

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ITS Strategic Plan Process

• Planning started in early 2008
• Inputs gathered from
• ITS Program Advisory Committee inputs
• USDOT modal staff interviews
• Stakeholder engagement (responded to a RFI)
• Trend analysis
• Transportation
• World
• Technology

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ITS Strategic Plan Process
The Universe of ITS
Traditional ITS Technologies
Major ITS Initiatives
Research
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ITS Strategic Plan Stakeholder Comments

• Focus the program
• Have an overarching direction
• Be vocal
• Put forward a vision
• Engage the community
• Technology is outpacing government research
• Change the game to leverage private sector
  innovation

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ITS Strategic Plan Noteworthy Trends in
Transportation

• Stagnant safety statistics
• Growing congestion
• Growing interest in transit
• Growing environmental awareness
• Emphasis on performance measurement management
• Troubled transportation financing
• Road pricing and financing alternatives
• Transportation impacts lives

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ITS Strategic Plan Noteworthy Trends in
Technology

• Expectation for information
• Ubiquitous connectivity
• Person-to-person networking

• Wireless technology boom
• Strong consumer market
• Fast pace of innovation

Source Telematics Research Group, Inc.
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ITS Strategic Plan Past, Present and Future
The Universe of ITS
Major ITS Initiatives
Traditional ITS Technologies
Research
Wireless Connectivity
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ITS Strategic Plan Vision
A national, multi-modal surface transportation
system that features a connected transportation
environment among vehicles, the infrastructure,
and portable devices to serve the public good by
leveraging technology to maximize safety,
mobility and environmental performance
Achieved Through
and a suite of targeted research and development
initiatives that support cross-modal ITS
solutions
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ITS Strategic Plan Process

• Senior ITS JPO and USDOT multi-modal staffs
  established vision, mission goals April 2009
• Multi-modal teams formed April 2009 May 2009
• Request for Information (RFI) public workshop
  for stakeholder input May 2009 June 2009
• Draft ITS research proposals developed May 2009
  June 2009
• Senior ITS JPO and USDOT multi-modal staffs
  reviewed provided input (down scoped) June
  2009
• ITS research proposals revised July 2009
  August 2009
• Senior ITS JPO and USDOT Multi-modal staffs
  reviewed revised proposals September 2009
  November 2009
• ITS Management Council concurrence December 2009

Proposed ITS Strategic Plan Investment Approach
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ITS Strategic Plan Process
Vision for 2010 ITS Strategic Plan A national,
multi-modal surface transportation system that
features a connected transportation environment
among vehicles, the infrastructure, and portable
devices to serve the public good by leveraging
technology to maximize safety, mobility, and
environmental performance.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
SAFETY
ENVIRONMENT
MOBILITY
Goal Transformative safety through vehicle and
infrastructure connectivity
Goal (1) Capture complete, real-time information
on all roads and all modes to support
transformational system performance. Goal (2)
Achieve transformational transportation
management and system performance through
applications of vehicle and infrastructure
connectivity. Goal (3) Realize next generation
electronic payment systems that support
transformational system performance.
Goal Enable environmental management through
vehicle and infrastructure connectivity.
Policy Foundation for Deployment Establish an
institutional Foundation for deployment of
safety, mobility and environmental applications
based on vehicle and infrastructure connectivity
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ITS Strategic Plan RFI Input Summary

• 38 responses
• Predominantly in agreement with goals and
  objectives as stated in the RFI
• Priority for most respondents is active safety
• Another priority is for large-scale testing and
  demonstrations as a means of launching adoption
• Additionally, much interest in the mobility data
  capture area and the e-payment areas
• Some common themes
• Bold, transformative vision is good, but the plan
  should provide an incremental approach that can
  focus and deliver solutions in 5 years
• Consistent support for standards
• Common reference to ITS as a tool for measuring
  system performance and enhancing it
• Thoughts provided on new ways to expand
  partnerships and stakeholder engagement

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ITS Strategic Plan Proposal Review Criteria

• Program proposal must support ITS Program goals
  and objectives
• Focused on large, multi-modal research efforts of
  national importance
• Federal role must be clear and justifiable
• Expected to offer a positive, measurable return
  on investment
• Must have champions committed to research success
• Will be a market catalyst
• Must show strong desire for joint funding so that
  resources can be leveraged for common purposes
• Must deliver research results in 3-to-5 years,
  and must be implementable
• Must address institutional, regulatory and policy
  issues as well as technology issues

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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Strategic PlanIntelliDrive Primer
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What is IntelliDriveSM?

• IntelliDriveSM is a suite of technologies and
  applications that use wireless communications to
  provide connectivity
• With and between vehicles (of all types)
• Between vehicles and roadway infrastructure
• Between vehicles, infrastructure and wireless
  consumer devices

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What Can IntelliDriveSM Do?

• Safety Benefits
• IntelliDriveSM could potentially address 82 of
  the vehicle crash scenarios involving unimpaired
  drivers
• Reduce or eliminate crashes through
• Driver Advisories
• Driver Warnings and
• Vehicle Control

• Livability Mobility Benefits
• Data-Rich Environment
• Performance Management
• Operations Efficiency
• Traffic, Transit, Parking
• Weather
• V2I, I2V Interactivity (SPAT)

• Environmental Benefits
• Reduce Emissions
• Save Fuel

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Safety Benefits

• GOAL
• IntelliDriveSM safety applications are designed
  to increase drivers situational awareness and
  reduce or eliminate crashes through
• Driver Advisories
• Driver Warnings and
• Vehicle Control

• PROBLEM
• 37,000 deaths/year (US 2008 data)1
• 5,800,000 crashes/year (US 2008 data)1
• Direct economic cost of 230.6 Billion (US 2000
  data)1
• Leading cause of death for ages 4 to 34 (US 2006
  data)1

1 National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration (NHTSA)
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Safety Benefits

• Imagine
• Your vehicle can see vehicles you cant see
• Your vehicle knows roadway conditions that you
  cant see
• Your vehicle knows the speed and location of
  approaching vehicles

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Safety Benefits

• OPPORTUNITY
• IntelliDriveSM could potentially address 82 of
  the vehicle crash scenarios involving unimpaired
  drivers
• At full coverage and full effectiveness,
  IntelliDrive could save thousands of lives per
  year

• REAR-END
• Forward Crash Warning
• Adaptive Cruise Control
• Brake Assist
• Automatic Braking
• OFF ROADWAY
• Lane Departure Warning
• Lane Keeping
• Curve Speed Warning
• Stability Control
• CROSSING PATHS
• Intersection Movement Assist
• Stop Sign Signal Violation Warnings
• LANE CHANGE
• Blind Spot Detection
• Side Radar

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Livability Mobility Benefits

• GOAL
• To achieve transformational system performance of
  the surface transportation network through
• Capture of real time data from infrastructure and
  vehicles (cars, trucks, transit)
• Development of applications supporting public
  agency transportation management

• PROBLEM
• Traffic congestion 87.2 billion annual drain on
  the U.S. economy1
• 4.2 billion lost hours (one work week for every
  traveler)1
• 2.8 billion gallons of wasted fuel (three weeks
  worth of gas for every traveler)1

1 Texas Transportation Institute Urban
Mobility Report, 2007 data
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Livability Mobility Benefits

• Imagine
• Managing your system if you knew where every
  vehicle (cars, trucks and transit) was in real
  time
• Planning for your growth patterns when you can
  see the complete traffic patterns around
  development
• Planning your travel if you knew real-time
  options on all roads, transit parking along
  your route

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Livability Mobility Benefits

• OPPORTUNITY
• IntelliDriveSM can provide transportation
  agencies with
• Dramatically improved quality and quantity of
  real-time transit, traffic and parking data
• Which would make it easier to manage
  transportation systems efficiently
• IntelliDriveSM can provide consumers
• Real-time info on modal options
• Real-time info for rerouting

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Environmental Benefits

• PROBLEM
• 2,800,000 gallons of fuel wasted each year
• 22 CO2 emissions from vehicles

• GOAL
• To reduce transportations impact on the
  environment through
• Capture of real time environmental data from
  vehicles
• Development of applications supporting public
  agency transportation management

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Environmental Benefits

• Imagine
• Managing your system for environmental and
  weather events if you knew specific information
  about the road vehicles (cars, trucks, transit)

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Environmental Benefits

• OPPORTUNITY
• IntelliDrive can provide transportation agencies
  with
• Dramatically improved quality and quantity of
  real-time vehicle (cars, trucks, transit) and
  road condition data
• Which would make it easier to manage
  transportation systems efficiently for
  environmental benefit
• IntelliDriveSM can provide consumers
• Real time info on environmental footprint
• Real time info for rerouting

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IntelliDriveSM Dedicated Spectrum

• FCC allocated 5.9GHz for safety applications
• Other applications can be accommodated
• 5.9GHz put US in leadership role
• Europe subsequently allocated 5.9GHz
• Japan subsequently allocated 5.8GHz
• Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) at
  5.9GHz is required for critical safety
  applications
• Other wireless technologies are options for other
  applications
• Strong industry support for DSRC at 5.9GHz

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Latency vs. Communications Technologies For
IntelliDriveSM
Active Safety Latency Requirements (secs) Active Safety Latency Requirements (secs)
Traffic Signal Violation warning 0.1
Curve Speed Warning 1
Emergency Electronic Brake Lights 0.1
Pre-Crash Sensing 0.02
Cooperative Forward Collision Warning 0.1
Left Turn Assistant 0.1
Lane Change Warning 0.1
Stop Sign Movement Assistance 0.1
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IntelliDriveSM An Emerging Industry

• Implementation will require investment beyond
  USDOT
• Automotive, Truck, Bus Industry
• Radio Manufacturers
• Chipset Manufacturers
• Traffic Signal Equipment Manufacturers
• Application Developers
• State Local Governments
• Truck Bus Operators
• Toll Operators
• Industry is looking for strong leadership from
  USDOT
• Primary industry feedback is to move faster and
  invest sooner

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ITS Strategic Plan IntelliDriveSM General
Framework
Applications(Includes Field Tests and
Demonstrations)
Technology Underpinning
Vision
Policy Non-Technical
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ITS Strategic Plan Critical Success Factors

• Effective Applications
• Interoperable Technology
• Sustainable Approach
• Publicly Acceptable

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ITS Strategic Plan Research Questions
Framework

• Are applications available and benefits
  validated?
• What is the minimum infrastructure needed for the
  greatest benefit? How much, where, when and what
  type?
• What is the degree of market penetration required
  for effectiveness?
• Is technology stable, reliable, secure, and
  interoperable?
• Are international standards available to ensure
  interoperability?
• What policies/governance/funding are required for
  sustainability?
• How to address public concerns for privacy and
  ensure that applications do not cause driver
  distraction?

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Applications
Technology
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Policy
ALL MUST BE ANSWERED TO BE DEPLOYABLE