Michigan VII:Technology Improving LivesITS Midwest Annual MeetingFebruary 7, 2006Gregory D. Krueger, P.E.Statewide ITS Program ManagerMichigan Department of Transportation

ChallengeSafety United States Highway Fatalities remain at about 42,000 - a new approach to preventing crashes is required to substantially improve highway safety

Mobility Congestion continues to worsen a new approach is required to have significant impact on the current congestion trend.

Economics Develop a fusion between transportation and the advanced automotive industry

Overall Goals of VII:From a DOT Perspective

Save LivesSave TimeSave MoneySpur Economic Development

Vehicle Infrastructure InitiativeVII is the integration of surface transportation vehicles and the infrastructure those vehicles use.

There are three componentsVehicles talking to the roadRoads talking to vehiclesVehicles talking to vehicles

Purpose:To enable a number of new services that provide significant safety, mobility, and commercial benefits

Michigan VII Vision

Current MDOT Test Beds

Lessons LearnedProcuring, operating and maintaining technology in a concrete and asphalt world brings new challenges

Public entities dont have much experience with the proprietary nature of VII development

Were a long way from consensus on many VII issues, including technology, goals and objectives

There are partners missing from the table that are necessary for success

Lessons Learned:Advanced Data AnalysisFigure courtesy DaimlerChrysler

Lessons Learned:Asset Management

Lessons Learned:Road Weather Information

Looking to the FutureExpand our vision

Test applications and show benefits

Statewide support at all levelsTechniciansEngineersContracts and PurchasingSenior Management

Expanding to the future

Deployment Expansion

National VII ProgramVII-ConsortiumUS DOT Funded 501c(6)DCX, Ford, Nissan, BMW, Honda$56 Million over 3 yearsCharged with moving the program from vision to proving the conceptUS DOTProviding program oversightField Operational Test in 2007 and 2008National Deployment Decision in 2008

Related ProgramsCICASCooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance SystemActive safety at signalized intersectionsProgram coordinated by CAMP, includes UMTRICAMPCollision Avoidance Metrics PartnershipPre-Competitive partnership of OEMs developing safer vehicles (Farmington Hills)IVBSSIntegrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems$25m program awarded to UMTRIEvaluating driver response to in-vehicle based safety systems

MDOT ProgramMDOT SPR program is developing means to use the data collected and research methods to put that data to use.The VII-C and MDOT are developing applications for functional prototypes for the Michigan test bed:Work Zone SafetyIn-Vehicle SigningLane Departure

$7M programmed by MDOT for VII in FY05-07Coordinating with VII-C Proof of Concept test plansHardware Investment for VII and Traditional ITS

Work Zone SafetyCAUTION:Road Construction 500 FeetMOVE RIGHTMOVE RIGHTMOVE RIGHTMOVE RIGHT

Work Zone Safety

Accident AlertCAUTION:Reduced Speed Ahead 500 Feet45 MPH45 MPH45 MPH

Accident AlertREDUCED SPEED AHEAD

Lane Departure WarningCAUTION:Edge of PavementMOVE LEFTMOVE LEFTMOVE LEFT

Working TogetherMDOT and the State of Michigan are committed to the national VII program

Partnerships are keyAASHTOSmart HighwaysAutomakersOthers

Sharing Resultswww.michigan.gov/mdotvii

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