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10/23/2008 — Arizona E-VII Program: Strategies for Improving Emergency Response to Traffic Incidents while Enhancing Safety for Emergency Responders

October 23, 2008

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"VII and SafeTrip-21 Activities in Michigan and California"

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Slide 1: VII and SafeTrip-21 Activities in Michigan and California

Greg Larson
Division of Research and Innovation
California Department of Transportation

Slide 2: Outline of the Presentation

Michigan DOT Projects
The VII California Program and Test Bed
SafeTrip-21: Mobile Millennium
SafeTrip-21: Networked Traveler

Slide 3: Current VII Research: MDOT and DUAP

The Data Use, Analysis, and Processing (DUAP) program looks specifically at VII applications for DOTs
- Incident detection
- Travel advisories
- Road and weather conditions
- Winter maintenance
- Asset management

Slide 4: MDOT Program: Status of the DUAP Project

Purposes	Development
Evaluate the uses and benefits of VII data Safety Mobility Asset management Support other ongoing VII activities Technical development Economic growth	Data being collected from probe vehicles Probe data merged with traditional detector data Algorithms being developed for both anonymized and known-source data Prototype map presentation developed

Slide 5: DUAP Status

[The diagram that appears is of the status of the Data Use, Analysis, and Processing (DUAP) project. The outer edge of the circle contains names of the VII application categories: safety, mobility, and asset management. In the center are nineteen data processing methods, including data collectors, aggregators, and quality control. The data processing methods are listed in small boxes within the circle. The status of each data processing method is represented by smaller circles within each box. The smaller circles represent the status of the application — all green means done, all white means not started. Half green/white means in progress. 16% of the processing methods are complete. 42% are not started. 42% are in progress. ]

Slide 6: Michigan VII Infrastructure

Multiple Test Beds
- Different geography
- Different technologies
  - DSRC, Mesh, Wi-Fi, Cell, etc.
Enhancing and expanding as needed
- Partners have different needs
Working on a comprehensive, Detroit-wide test and demonstration facility

Slide 7: Next Steps

Additional data sources
- Other VII test beds
- Arterial/signal management systems
- Public and private fleets
- Specific test vehicles
Integration with in-vehicle signage and messaging
Demonstration of integration with agency operations

Slide 8: VII California Program Partners

Public Agencies
- California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
- City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County
Auto Industry
- Mercedes (formerly DaimlerChrysler) Research and Engineering Development, North America
- Volkswagen of America, Electronics Research Lab
- Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA
- BMW of North America
- Nissan North America
Technical Consultants
- California PATH
- Telvent Farradyne

Slide 9: VII California Test Bed Applications

Traveler Information (using 511)
Electronic Payment and Toll Collection
Ramp Metering
Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems (CICAS)
Curve Over-Speed Warning
Auto Industry Applications, such as Customer Relations and Vehicle Diagnostics

Slide 10: VII Calif. Test Bed Infrastructure

Access to 60 miles of Right-of-Way
- Three, parallel, 20-mile long North/South routes: US 101; SR 82 (El Camino Real); and I-280
14 Road Side Equipment (RSE) sites are installed and operating, with approved FCC licenses
- Mix of freeway / intersection locations
26 more RSE sites have been selected and surveyed
- Installation of RSEs will continue through September 2008
Backhaul: wired (T1 lines) and wireless (3G cellular; WiMAX, Municipal WiFi)
- Communications technology choice is site dependent
Back End Data Servers
- "Service Delivery Node" located at the 511 TIC in Oakland
- IP-based; additional servers can be located anywhere

Slide 11: VII California Test Bed, Southern Peninsula, San Francisco Bay Area

[An image of a Google map appears showing another view of the VII California Testbed, revealing some of the rolling terrain. The map also shows two Toll Bridges (San Mateo and Dumbarton) that will be used to test Electronic Toll Collection using VII.]

Slide 12: Initial SafeTrip-21 Projects

"Mobile Millennium"
- Builds upon the success of the "Mobile Century" Experiment
- Relies on a "Private Sector" business model
- Public Sector becomes just another consumer of the traffic data
"Networked Traveler"
- A "Gateway" connects the consumer mobile device in the vehicle to roadside infrastructure
- The Gateway enables new transit services too
  - Several transit agencies are very interested in these services
- The Public Sector seeks to be the catalyst in triggering additional Private Sector development

Slide 13: Public-Private Partnership

Public Partners
- USDOT
- Caltrans
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
- Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
- San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans)
Private Partners
- Nokia
- NAVTEQ
- Nissan
Academic Partners
- California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT)
- Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH)

Slide 14: Budget

Total Project Budget: $12.4 million

Federal Share: $2.9 million
Caltrans Share: $4.2 million
Nokia Share: $2.5 million
NAVTEQ Share: $2.0 million
UC Berkeley Share: $700 thousand
Nissan Share: $30 thousand

Slide 15: Mobile Millennium: mobility tracking using cellular phones

[The graphic that appears is a conceptual demonstration of how Mobile Millennium works using cellular phones to track mobility.]

Slide 16: Convergence of multimedia, sensing and communication

[A list of the types of devices that can be used with Mobile Millennium appears. These devices have the ability to combine multimedia, sensing, and communication. The types of devices listed are N95, smart phones, and Nokia.]

N95 is a good example of the convergence of multi-media, sensing, and communication platforms
- GPS
- MP3 and movie player
- Multiple sensors (accelerometers, tiltmeter, light)
- Radio, wireless, Bluetooth, various ports, infrared, etc.
- 5 megapixel camera
Smart phones enable:
- Location based services
- Situational awareness
- Mobility tracking
Ubiquitous Sensing Platform (Nokia)
- 3 billion mobile devices by 2009
- 1.5 million devices per day

Slide 17: Mobile Millennium

Project Description
- For a six-month period, equip thousands of cars on a roadway network, including arterials
- Participating drivers agree to share position and speed data
- Collect unprecedented traffic data, covering 500+ miles of freeway and arterials
- Demonstrate the added value of this traffic data on freeways, and especially on arterials that are not currently monitored
- Drivers receive real-time traveler information through a map application on their phone
- Demonstrate privacy protection
- Mobile Millennium is the precursor to a real, mainstream product
SafeTrip-21 Demos
- ITS World Congress: Live broadcast of Mobile Millennium capabilities, and [tentative] subset of Mobile Millennium technology directly showcased for New York arterial network.

Slide 18: Architecture for global traffic monitoring

[A diagram appears of the Architecture for global traffic monitoring involving the public, network provider, Nokia/Navteq, and UC Berkeley.]

Architecture for global traffic monitoring
- Public (phones)
- Network provider
- Nokia / Navteq
  - Data collection
  - Traffic.com
  - Historical data
  - Maps
- UC Berkeley
  - Highway traffic models
  - Arterial traffic models
  - Travel time, congestion, weather, accidents...

Slide 19: Software client on the phone

[A picture appears of three smartphone screens that display maps with traffic data.]

Slide 20: http://traffic.berkeley.edu

[A picture of the homepage of UC Berkeley's Mobile Millennium website appears.]

Mobile Millennium website
- Presentation of the project
- Background material
- Videos (previous experiments)
- Media report (more than 100 entries)
  - CBS, NBC, ABC, CNET, BBC...
  - NPR, KGBO
  - Chicago Tribune, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News.
  - More than 100 web outlets.
- Team, milestones, contact
Upcoming
- Live data feed
- Software upload

Slide 21: Networked Traveler

Provide real-time traveler information for safety, multi-modal mobility, parking, etc.
Services can be easily downloaded from a web site into a "smart" mobile device
Gateway uses multiple communications modes, such as cell phone network, Wi-Fi, and DSRC, to connect the traveler to the information
Independent of vehicle type
Uses existing VII California Test Bed

Slide 22: Multi-Network Multi-Device

[A picture appears of how telephone devices can be used to communicate transportation information to the public using multi-networks. There are pictures of a Nokia telephone displaying a map, other web-enabled devices, and a member of the public using a browser-based service to obtain information about safety alerts and transit. ]

Slide 23: Networked Traveler Services
Will be demonstrated in NYC

Tell me about my trip
- Trip Planner (cell phone with Internet connectivity; multimodal services)
- Dynamic Route Advisory
Tell me about the road
- Traffic Signal Countdown (as a safety and information enabler)
- Public Signage — Situational Awareness
- Pedestrian Assistant (location and other apps)
Watch out for me!
- Heartbeat/watch out for me (confederate driver near the bus; situational awareness, left/right?)
- Pedestrian Assistant (safety apps)
System Operator / Agency Applications
- Transit Signal Priority (LCD on bus with signal phase countdown)
- Dynamic Passenger Information (On-board display, arrival countdown, and bus station, arrival time)

Slide 24: [Image]

[An image of an aerial map of the network of various applications, facilities, and activities that assist with providing traveler information appears.]

Slide 25: Networked Traveler

[A map that displays the top ten collision locations as well as collisions by square mile in San Francisco appears.]

Next Year:

Field Test and Evaluation of Safety (Situational Awareness) and Mobility Applications in the San Francisco Bay Area

Slide 26: Thank You!

[Pictures of a map appear that indicates where various VII applications are used and a car that can be connected to these networks.]

Please refer to: viicalifornia.org

Slide 27: Multi-Network Gateway

[A picture of the multi-network Gateway equipment appears.]

Gateway has Wi-Fi and DSRC radio interfaces
Also has Bluetooth interface to cell phones