THE IMPORTANCE OF FIELD TESTS IN DEVELOPING IN-VEHICLE CRASH AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS FOR TRANSIT

The author has more than six years of ongoing experience adapting and improving in-vehicle crash avoidance systems and conducting field tests in various industries. The last three years included the largest field test of ITS transit technology under the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI). The first phase of the test (spearheaded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration) called for equipping 100 transit buses with side detection systems at the Port Authority in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as well training 325 professional operators. The second phase of the field test is relying on lessons-learned to drive design iterations and to enhance system performance. This paper should help others conduct more successful field tests, experience fewer design iterations, and bridge the gap faster towards commercialization of emerging in-vehicle crash avoidance systems.

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  ITS America

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• Authors:
  • Weeks, K
• Conference:
  • 9th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Date: 2002-10-14 to 2002-10-17
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adaptive control; Crash injuries; Design; Field tests; In vehicle sensors; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Side crashes; Transit buses
• Geographic Terms: Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00943631
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 2003 12:00AM