Using Connected Intelligent Transportation to Enhance Vulnerable Road User Safety: Phase II Real-world Testing and Deployment

As the development of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) becomes increasingly common on our roads, it is crucial to focus on the safety and equitable treatment of Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs). Building upon last year's development of a human-in-the-loop digital twin system, this project enters Phase II, transitioning to real-world applications by developing a hardware-in-the-loop system for real-world testing and deployment. By utilizing the lab-developed CAV fleet and an array of edge computing devices, including 4D cameras and edge computers, coupled with data fusion algorithms, the objective is to refine, test, and deploy a framework that significantly enhances the interactions between CAVs and VRUs. Central to this initiative is the commitment to ensuring equitable access and safety for all road users, addressing the unique vulnerabilities of VRUs. This phase involves developing advanced data structures for efficient data management, deploying edge computing infrastructure for minimized response times, and creating custom algorithms for real-time data analysis. Executing real-world demonstrations on controllable test tracks, and potentially extending these tests to live urban environments such as Park Street, Madison, WI, will allow the research team to validate and exhibit the framework's capacity for enhancing decision-making and ensuring both safety and equity in real traffic conditions.

• Record URL:
  https://ccat.umtri.umich.edu/research/wisconsin/using-connected-intelligent-transportation-to-enhance-vulnerable-road-user-safety-phase-ii-real-world-testing-and-deployment/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $250000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552348305

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

  2901 Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, Michigan  United States  48109
• Project Managers:

  Stearns, Amy

  Bezzina, Debra

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  1415 Engineering Drive
  Madison, WI  United States  53706
• Principal Investigators:

  Chen, Sikai

• Start Date: 20240701
• Expected Completion Date: 20250630
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Connected vehicles; Data fusion; Equity; Field tests; Hardware in the loop simulation; Intelligent transportation systems; Traffic safety; Vulnerable road users
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01929670
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348305
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Sep 5 2024 5:09PM