Transit Safety Retrofit Package (TRP): Leveraging DSRC for Transit Safety – Fielding Results and Lessons Learned
A team led by Battelle, on behalf of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration, deployed five collision avoidance applications on University of Michigan transit buses, including two new applications—one for pedestrian crosswalks and one for vehicles turning in front of transit buses at bus stops—identified as high-priority concerns by transit agencies. This system, called the Transit Safety Retrofit Package (TRP), was part of the USDOT’s Safety Pilot Model Deployment—a large-scale field demonstration of the potential benefits of 5.9GHz Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) wireless technology that is supporting related decisions by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This article provides a summary of results, “fresh from the field”, pertaining to the transit safety applications, as well as the underlying project, system, and technologies.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Highway Administration
ITS Joint Program Office
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Washington, DC United States 20590Federal Transit Administration
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Washington, DC United States 20590Battelle Memorial Institute
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Authors:
- Valentine, David
- Zimmer, Robert
- Mortensen, Steven
- Sheehan, Robert
- Publication Date: 2014-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: 10p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Crosswalks; Dedicated short range communications; Field tests; Mobile communication systems; Pedestrians; Transit buses; Transit safety; Turning traffic
- Geographic Terms: Michigan
- Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01551278
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 27 2015 11:22AM