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Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Test Bed to Improve Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Safety, Phase I

What Was the Need?

Pedestrians and bicyclists represent a considerable portion of traffic injuries and deaths in the US. In 2012, 4,743 pedestrians died in traffic crashes - a 6-percent increase from the number reported in 2011. In 2012, 726 cyclists were killed and an additional 49,000 were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes. In Texas, one of the most frequent crash types at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) crossings involves bicyclists and pedestrians.

What's the Solution?

This research explored the potential of automated and connected vehicle (AV/CV) technology to reduce or eliminate these crashes. The project objectives focused on identifying safety concerns related to the interaction of transit vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians, and targeting AV/CV technologies to mitigate or eliminate those concerns. A Concept of Operations (ConOps) Plan for designing, testing, piloting, demonstrating, and deploying candidate applications through an AV/CV Test Bed to Improve Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Safety was developed... The ConOps Plan includes the overall vision and goals for the AV/CV Test Bed to Improve Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Safety. It describes the operational scenarios—the who, what, why, where, when, and how—for the near-term candidate applications. These applications focus on smart buses, smart intersections, smart bicycles, smart bicyclists and pedestrians, and smart bike racks on buses.

Project Number

0-6875

Status

Completed

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Project Details

Start Date

4/21/2015

End Date

4/30/2016

Performing Institution(s)

Texas A & M Transportation Institute (TTI)

Research Team

RS: Katherine Turnbull

Sponsor

Project Manager

Wade Odell

Amount Funded

FY15: $296,700
FY16: $207,800

More Info

https://www.slideshare.net/TTITAMU/automated-connected-vehicle-avcv-test-bed-to-improve-transit-bicycle-pedestrian-safety
https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=79663

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Functional Area

Strategy and Innovation

Index Terms

Traffic safety
Intelligent vehicles
Mobile communication systems
Vehicle to vehicle communications
Nonmotorized transportation
Crash injuries
Cyclists
Pedestrians
Bus transportation
Public transit
Safety

Lead University

TTI

Researcher

Turnbull, Katherine F.

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5/21/2015

Record Updated:

1/25/2022 5:35 AM EST

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