Expand Deployment of Applications for Vulnerable Road Users in Pillar 1 (Pedestrian in Crosswalk)
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTI) has deployed a V2P system at the 4 mid-block crosswalks along Plymouth Road. The V2P system works with the vehicles already deployed under the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment program. From AACVTE, approximately 1,000 vehicles have been equipped with aftermarket safety (ASD) devices that will inform the driver whenever there is a pedestrian in the equipped crosswalk and warn the driver if there is a chance of a collision with the pedestrian. This research project deploys two types of technology to detect the pedestrians. Each system will be analyzed to see which one works best in a real-world environment and the results will be used on a national level to inform agencies and policy makers when considering pedestrian detection in their cities, states, or other jurisdiction. The first technology is video-based. A GRIDSmart system, with camera and processor, detects the pedestrian in the crosswalk and sends that information to the road-side unit (RSU). The RSU broadcasts a message to the equipped vehicles in the vicinity about the presence of the pedestrian. The ASD will then inform or warn the driver as described above. The second technology is phone-based. Pedestrians that frequent Plymouth road will be recruited and will download an app on their phone. Whenever the pedestrian is in the vicinity of one of the crosswalks, the phone will connect to the RSU and send the pedestrian’s location. The RSU will use that information to generate a message to be broadcast as above. The test with pedestrians will be conducted over a two-month period this fall. The final report for this project will not be publicly available.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $560,619 Mcity (100% Cost Share)
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Sponsor Organizations:
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
2901 Baxter Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan United States 48109 -
Managing Organizations:
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
2901 Baxter Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan United States 48109 -
Project Managers:
Tucker-Thomas, Dawn
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Principal Investigators:
Sayer, James
Bezzina, Debra
- Start Date: 20170109
- Expected Completion Date: 20210226
- Actual Completion Date: 20210618
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crosswalks; Deployment; Intelligent vehicles; Pedestrian movement; Vehicle to infrastructure communications; Vehicle to vehicle communications; Vulnerable road users
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01645401
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Aug 31 2017 3:35PM