Transit Safety Retrofit Package Development: TRP Concept of Operations

This document describes the Concept of Operations (ConOps) for the Transit Safety Retrofit Package (TRP). The ConOps describes the current state of operations with respect to the integration of Connected Vehicle technology in transit buses, establishes the reasons for change, and describes the TRP in terms of its features and operations. To achieve the objective of the study, the TRP project includes developing, testing, installing, and maintaining retrofit packages on three transit buses drawn from the University of Michigan transit fleets; developing two new transit safety applications (Pedestrian Warning and Vehicle Turning Right in Front of a Transit Vehicle); and collecting and providing data from the equipped buses to the Volpe Center for an independent evaluation. The specific objective of the TRP project is to design and develop safety applications for transit vehicles that can communicate vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) as well as vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) for enhanced transit vehicle and pedestrian safety. Ultimately, it is of interest to determine if Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) technologies can be combined with on-board applications to provide real-time alerting of pedestrians in crosswalks as well as right turning vehicles in front of the transit vehicle.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3453
• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle Memorial Institute

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201

  Department of Transportation

  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Burt, M
  • Zimmer, R E
  • Zink, G J
  • Valentine, D A
  • Knox Jr, W J
• Publication Date: 2014-5-28

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 56p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dedicated short range communications; Mobile communication systems; Navigational aids; Pedestrians; Transit buses; Transit safety; Turning traffic; Vehicle electronics
• Geographic Terms: Michigan
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01544687
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-JPO-14-117, 100008379-0001E
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-12-C-00007
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 24 2014 3:28PM