OVERVIEW OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONNECTED VEHICLE SAFETY, MOBILITY, AND USER FEE PROJECT

摘要

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has undertaken the multi-yearrnConnected Vehicle Safety, Mobility, and User Fee (CVSMUF) Project to demonstrate thernutility of Connected Vehicle applications for the agency and the traveling public inrnMinnesota. As the name implies, the program addresses multiple transportation operationalrnneeds. The safety applications provide in-vehicle signing to supplement the driver’s view ofrnthe roadway and potential intersection conflicts; the mobility applications both collect andrnprovide traffic data; and the user fee system demonstrates collection of mileage-basedrnrevenues while protecting the driver’s privacy. As a Connected Vehicle program, informationrnis shared between in-vehicle and infrastructural systems through wireless communications.rnUnlike the majority of Connected Vehicle demonstrations, the in-vehicle components arerndeveloped entirely from aftermarket devices, the communications include both commerciallyavailablern3G cellular and local agency-installed Dedicated Short Range Communicationsrn(DSRC), and the infrastructure ranges from the roadside to the back office. The program hasrndeveloped and is deploying a set of applications to 500 volunteer test participants in the TwinrnCities area. Complete results of the program will become available in 2013. Keywords:rnMinnesota, Connected Vehicle, safety, signing, probe, user fee, aftermarket.