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MDOT VII Vision and MDOT VII Vision and

Test Bed PlanTest Bed Plan

States and OEM’s Working TogetherStates and OEM’s Working Together

Gregory D. Krueger, P.E.Gregory D. Krueger, P.E.MDOT ITS Program ManagerMDOT ITS Program ManagerMichigan Department of Michigan Department of TransportationTransportationAugust 30, 2005August 30, 2005

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Consensus Line: Consensus Line: The movie isn't funny, the plot is too thin, The movie isn't funny, the plot is too thin, and the production values feel more like a and the production values feel more like a TV sitcom than a movie. TV sitcom than a movie.

  "Just irredeemably bad. It's not smart, it's not original, it's not charming, and it's certainly not funny."

-- -- Susan M. E. Glen, , POPMATTERS

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VII – Why We Care

• 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.

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VII – Why Should DOT’s Invest?

• Active Safety – Keep Crashes from occurring (cost to society in lives and $)

• Passive Safety – Identify “issues” on the road that can be corrected (snow/ice, potholes, geometric deficiencies, etc.)

• Traffic Management – Every vehicle is a probe, every vehicle can receive real-time traffic reports

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MDOT VII Vision

partner with public agencies, the automotive industry and the telecommunications industry to lead the nation in VII research and sustained VII deployment providing a public foundation for a new automotive information technology industry in Michigan and ensuring improvement in transportation system safety and operational performance.

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Why Is Michigan Interested?

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450 Miles: The Hub of Auto Industry

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MICHIGAN AUTOMOTIVEMICHIGAN AUTOMOTIVER&D FACILITIES R&D FACILITIES

• 178 Facilities

• $10.3 Billion spent

in-state on

automotive-related

R&D (2002 - NSF)

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Subaru R&D

Mitsubishi R&D

Lotus R&D

Hyundai R&D

Toyota R&D

Ford R&D

Nissan R&D

Mitsubishi Electric R&D

GM Tech Center

DCX R&D

VW R&D

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Partnerships

• Success requires we all work together– VII must work from city to city and state to

state– VII must use the same in-vehicle and

roadside hardware for communications (and protocols) on every make and model

• VII and the CICAS program work hand-in-hand

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MDOT Testbed Partnerships

VehiclesVehicles

InfrastructureInfrastructure InfoStructureInfoStructure

TelematicsDriv

ing

&

Traf

fic

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 Tel

ecom

Indust

ry

DRIVER

Safety & Mobility

- Traffic information

- Tracking and routing

- Crash & safety notification

- Safe driver interface

- Remote diagnostics

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Planning for the Future – VII Test Beds

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MDOT Test Bed Vision• Provide National Leadership

– Focus on industry standards– Multiple automakers, communications providers

and other partners– MDOT and local agencies and other states

• Advance VII technologies and practices • Enhance the National VII program• Assure infrastructure investments by MDOT

that have long term use beyond VII test bed project

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Multi-Phased Approach• Early Phases - Evaluate alternative

technologies– Short range wireless technologies to

vehicles– Connectivity and backhaul technologies

• Later Phases – Interoperability– Converge to common, interoperable

system among vehicle and infrastructure deployments

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Specific VII Test Bed Tests

• Identify common data sources and sets

• Test current, stable technologies that can be used for vehicle to roadside communications

• Evaluate different technologies as options for backhaul communications

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Evaluating Data Integration

• MDOT / GM Test to Validate Accuracy

• How will probe data change the way MDOT does business?– Short term → Augment– Long term → Replace

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Planned Coverage Areas

• Centered in metropolitan Detroit area

• Multiple phased test bedsPhase 1 - On-Campus

Phase 2 - Expand to surrounding areas

Phase 3 - Connect Local test beds

• Supports the National Test Bed strategy– National Test Bed Phases 1 through 3

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Phases 1 & 2

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Phase 3

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Preliminary Results

Figure courtesy DaimlerChrysler

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Preliminary Results

• Ride Quality Measuring– Ability to measure ride quality in real-time– Sensitivity high enough to detect bridge

joints

• Continuous Internet Connection– Demonstrates ability of a wireless network

at high (freeway) speeds– Use cases could include benefits for transit

users

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Next Steps• Develop the State of

Michigan VII Strategic Plan

• Develop a Concept of Operations for the Test Bed activities

• Define research program– What & how we test– How we share results

• Michigan VII Web Site Coming Soon

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Questions?Questions?

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