Safe in Traffic: GPS Drives Vehicle Infrastructure Integration

This article describes the importance of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside integration of Global Positioning System (GPS) networks with wireless high-speed communications using receivers and dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) through the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) program. The objective is to provide better roadway safety, particularly at intersections, in construction zones, and to alert drivers of their potentially leaving the road surface via in-vehicle signing (IVS). The linked systems to be integrated will consist of on-board equipment (OBE) and the DSRC roadside equipment (RSE). The system's GPS will coordinate its location spatially and temporally, then coordinate it with that of other vehicles that are similarly integrated. Advanced information regarding intersections and through extended electronic brake lights (EEBL) will also be opened as VII improves nationally.

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• Authors:
  • McNew, Justin
  • Partyka, Janice
  • Peredo, Gordon
  • Proietti, Mario
• Publication Date: 2006-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 41-48
• Serial:
  • GPS World
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Advanstar Communications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1048-5104

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Global Positioning System; Standards; Vehicle to infrastructure communications; Vehicle to vehicle communications; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01036126
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 27 2006 8:13AM