TRANSIT BUS FRONTAL COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM
The paper discusses the U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) program with a goal to improve safety through the application of advanced technologies. The frontal collision warning function has been identified as one of the key safety improvement measures for the transit vehicle platform. Frontal collision, defined as a bus colliding with a vehicle in front of the bus, is a frequent incident in transit bus operations and the cause of property damage, personal injuries, and interruption to operation. The goals of the collision warning system (CWS) are: to address imminent crashes; to provide warnings for smoother maneuvering; and to provide warnings when a bus is too close to a forward vehicle.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Transit Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Wang, X
- Lins, J
- Chan, C Y
- Johnston, S
- Zhou, K
- Steifeld, A
- Hanson, M
- Zhang, W B
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Conference:
- Technical Information on Transit IVI Projects
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
- Date: 2002-10-28 to 2002-10-29
- Publication Date: 2002
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 138p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Intelligent vehicles; Technology assessment; Transit buses; Transit safety; Warning systems
- Identifier Terms: Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
- Uncontrolled Terms: Collision warning systems
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00936288
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2003 12:00AM