Creating Livable Communities through Connecting Vehicles to Pedestrians and Cyclists

Safety of pedestrians and bicyclists is a significant problem in United States (U.S.), with 4,743 fatalities and 76,000 injuries of pedestrians and 726 fatalities and 49,000 injuries of bicyclists in 2012 ((National Highway Safety Traffic Administration) NHSTA 2014a & b). Establishing and creating livable communities relies on making walking and bicycling as safe and convenient as possible. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) has embarked upon a major research program toward implementing connected vehicle safety technologies, applications and systems using dedicated short-range communication technologies (DSRC). Connected vehicle (CV) safety applications are designed to increase situational awareness and reduce or eliminate crashes through vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) data transmission that supports: driver advisories, driver warnings, and vehicle and/or infrastructure controls (USDOT 2014a & b). These technologies may potentially address up to 82 percent of crash scenarios with unimpaired drivers, preventing tens of thousands of automobile crashes every year. Additional benefits will be in the broad areas of safety, mobility and environmental. As connected vehicle research moves from research and pilots into deployment and test-beds, cities need to be prepared for vehicles and infrastructure with DSRC and other wireless communication connectivity. States, regions and cities will benefit from initial scoping, evaluation, and assessment of the impact of connected vehicles and infrastructure and a range of potential cooperative system applications. CV applications have a great potential to fundamentally transform the development and deployment of your future transportation system and communities. Most of the research and implementation projects have focused on V2V and V2I applications that improve mobility and vehicle safety, with some focus on pedestrian-vehicle conflicts (USDOT 2014b). Some of those applications are Red Light Violation Warning, Blind Spot/Lane Change Warning, Right Turn Warning, Mobile Accessible Pedestrian Signal System. Vehicle-to-People (V2P) or V2X applications have not been as extensively developed and tested as other CV applications. How can these technologies and applications, such as DSRC, be used by pedestrians and cyclists to improve their safety and reduce vehicle conflicts? Can access to travel information improve mobility options and achieve environmental outcomes? This project will explore the linkages and opportunities with connected vehicles and infrastructure to pedestrians and bicycles. Building on USDOT exploratory research in this area, this project will assess current V2P applications, the state of the knowledge, barriers, gaps, current applications and develop a research agenda.

• Record URL:
  http://trec.pdx.edu/research/project/759/Creating_Livable_Communities_through_Connecting_Vehicles_to_Pedestrians_and_Cyclists

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $ 130,258
• Contract Numbers:

  NITC 759

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  TREC at Portland State University

  1900 SW Fourth Ave, Suite 175
  P.O. Box 751
  Portland, Oregon  United States  97201

  National Institute for Transportation and Communities

  Portland State University
  P.O. Box 751
  Portland, OR  United States  97207
• Managing Organizations:

  TREC at Portland State University

  1900 SW Fourth Ave, Suite 175
  P.O. Box 751
  Portland, Oregon  United States  97201
• Project Managers:

  Hagedorn, Hau

• Performing Organizations:

  Portland State University

  1900 SW Fourth Avenue, Suite 175
  Portland, Oregon  United States  97201
• Principal Investigators:

  MacArthur, John

• Start Date: 20150401
• Expected Completion Date: 20190630
• Actual Completion Date: 20191001
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle travel; Crash injuries; Dedicated short range communications; Driver support systems; Fatalities; Highway safety; Intelligent vehicles; Pedestrian movement; Vehicle to infrastructure communications; Vehicle to vehicle communications
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01607752
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Institute for Transportation and Communities
• Contract Numbers: NITC 759
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 18 2016 4:03PM