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-yearConnected Vehicle Safety, Mobility, and User Fee (CVSMUF) Project to demonstrate theutility of Connected Vehicle applications for the agency and the traveling public inMinnesota. As the name implies, the program addresses multiple transportation operationalneeds. The safety applications provide in-vehicle signing to supplement the driver’s view ofthe roadway and potential intersection conflicts; the mobility applications both collect andprovide traffic data; and the user fee system demonstrates collection of mileage-basedrevenues while protecting the driver’s privacy. As a Connected Vehicle program, informationis shared between in-vehicle and infrastructural systems through wireless communications.Unlike the majority of Connected Vehicle demonstrations, the in-vehicle components aredeveloped entirely from aftermarket devices, the communications include both commerciallyavailable3G cellular and local agency-installed Dedicated Short Range Communications(DSRC), and the infrastructure ranges from the roadside to the back office. The program hasdeveloped and is deploying a set of applications to 500 volunteer test participants in the TwinCities area. Complete results of the program will become available in 2013.