Permanent Partner: Traveler Information Services in the Infrastructure

This article describes many of the technological advances in the field of vehicle to infrastructure communications. The author notes that technology will soon begin to play a more sizeable role in how cars are driven. Topics covered include car-centric thinking and economics; emergency vehicle prioritization; the role of street lighting; tunnel safety; pedestrian safety, including the use of smart pedestrian light signals; weather detection; traffic management centers (TMCs); and the role of smart sensors in various contexts.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/20144447
• Authors:
  • Evensen, Knut
• Publication Date: 2015-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 56-59
• Serial:
  • Vision Zero International
  • Publisher: UKIP Media & Events
  • ISSN: 2014-4447
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_vision_zero.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated highways; Intelligent vehicles; Sensors; Signalized intersections; Street lighting; Technological innovations; Traffic control centers; Vehicle to infrastructure communications; Vehicle to vehicle communications; Weather conditions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01576863
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 25 2015 4:30PM