Michigan VII: Technology Improving Lives ITS Midwest Annual Meeting February 7, 2006 Gregory D. Krueger, P.E. Statewide ITS Program Manager Michigan Department of Transportation

Challenge Safety – United States Highway Fatalities remain at about 42,000 - a new approach to preventing crashes is required to substantially improve highway safety Mobility – Congestion continues to worsen – a new approach is required to have significant impact on the current congestion trend. Economics – Develop a fusion between transportation and the advanced automotive industry

Overall Goals of VII: From a DOT Perspective Save Lives Save Time Save Money Spur Economic Development

Vehicle Infrastructure Initiative VII is the integration of surface transportation vehicles and the infrastructure those vehicles use. There are three components –Vehicles “talking” to the road –Roads “talking” to vehicles –Vehicles “talking” to vehicles Purpose: –To enable a number of new services that provide significant safety, mobility, and commercial benefits

Michigan VII Vision Vehicles Infrastructure InfoStructure Telematic s Driving & Traffic Traffic Operations Automotive Industry - Electronic signing - Highway design - Advanced power - Security & reliability - Crash avoidance - Incident ID & response - CMS & detour signing - Traffic & road database State of MI Telecom Industry DRIVER Safety & Mobility - Traffic information - Tracking and routing - Crash & safety notification - Safe driver interface - Remote diagnostics

Current MDOT Test Beds

Lessons Learned Procuring, operating and maintaining technology in a concrete and asphalt world brings new challenges Public entities don’t have much experience with the proprietary nature of VII development We’re a long way from consensus on many VII issues, including technology, goals and objectives There are partners missing from the table that are necessary for success

Lessons Learned: Advanced Data Analysis Figure courtesy DaimlerChrysler

Lessons Learned: Asset Management

Lessons Learned: Road Weather Information

Looking to the Future Expand our vision Test applications and show benefits Statewide support at all levels –Technicians –Engineers –Contracts and Purchasing –Senior Management Expanding to the future

Deployment Expansion

National VII Program VII-Consortium –US DOT Funded 501c(6) –DCX, Ford, Nissan, BMW, Honda –$56 Million over 3 years –Charged with moving the program from vision to proving the concept US DOT –Providing program oversight –Field Operational Test in 2007 and 2008 –National Deployment Decision in 2008

Related Programs CICAS –Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance System –Active safety at signalized intersections –Program coordinated by CAMP, includes UMTRI CAMP –Collision Avoidance Metrics Partnership –Pre-Competitive partnership of OEM’s developing safer vehicles (Farmington Hills) IVBSS –Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems –$25m program awarded to UMTRI –Evaluating driver response to in-vehicle based safety systems

MDOT Program MDOT SPR program is developing means to use the data collected and research methods to put that data to use. The VII-C and MDOT are developing applications for functional prototypes for the Michigan test bed: –Work Zone Safety –In-Vehicle Signing –Lane Departure $7M programmed by MDOT for VII in FY05-07 Coordinating with VII-C Proof of Concept test plans Hardware Investment for VII and Traditional ITS

Work Zone Safety CAUTION: Road Construction 500 Feet MOVE RIGHT

Work Zone Safety

Accident Alert CAUTION: Reduced Speed Ahead 500 Feet 45 MPH

Accident Alert REDUCED SPEED AHEAD

CAUTION: Edge of Pavement Lane Departure Warning MOVE LEFT

Working Together MDOT and the State of Michigan are committed to the national VII program Partnerships are key –AASHTO –Smart Highways –Automakers –Others Sharing Results –

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