California PATH Program, Pravin Variaya

2 years 

Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration (VII) is a set intelligent transportation system technologies and a potentially effective tool that uses wireless communication such that California’s roadway systems can be better managed, for responding to daily vehicle flow while also minimizing traffic congestion and improving safety. This project between California DOT, California PATH and Daimler Chrysler will demonstrate two potential Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) services (traffic probe vehicle [allowing vehicle position, speed and other potentially useful parameters to be provided to the TMC] and safety [automatic notification of slippery road surface], using real cars on Caltrans roadways. This applied research project presages an operational test and a deployment. It explores and addresses key engineering development activities associated with the point deployment of these services in a realistic setting.