Ground-breaking technology and systems in action
First published in ITS America Preview - May 23, 2019
Live demonstrations have always been an integral component of every ITS America Annual Meeting and this year is no exception. This year’s demonstrations are highlighted below but check out the website for further information and times.
Ford is demonstrating Cellular Vehicle to Everything (C-V2X) technology with vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P), and vehicle-to-intersection (V2I) safety scenarios. Some of these scenarios include a pedestrian crossing a high-speed road and a road maintenance truck signalling a lane closure to unaware oncoming vehicles. In each safety scenario, the Ford vehicle will provide its driver with notifications to enhance safety for themselves as well as for those around them.
The Flir demonstration, Safer Roads with Flir Thermal for V2X and ADAS, will use V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication between the vehicle, infrastructure, and cloud. The Flir TrafiSense2 V2X solution, featuring a thermal imager and V2X technology, will detect pedestrians, cyclists and cars while sending and receiving V2X messages at the same time to enhance road safety.
Participants will be able to view warning signals and heads-up displays as they appear on the dashboard of the Flir connected vehicle to draw the driver’s attention to a specific crossing or to reduce speeds because of an approaching cyclist or pedestrian.
The Audi and Traffic Technology Services (TTS) demonstration will feature the Audi connect Traffic Light Information system, the first automotive OEM connected vehicle application for vehicle-to-infrastructure, launched in December 2016. This demonstration of a vehicle-to-infrastructure service shows how existing technology, networks, and software can support connected vehicle applications today at little cost to government agencies. The vehicles used for this demonstration are actually production vehicles available from Audi, with no retrofit or other aftermarket integrations. The information service, Personal Signal Assistant, from Traffic Technology Services, is supported by an open data portal from DDOT.
Participants will experience two connected vehicle applications, TTG (Time-To-Green) and GLOSA (Green Light Optimised Speed Advisory), available from the Audi connect Traffic Light Information feature.
Gewi and iCone will demonstrate an off-the-shelf solution for smart work zones – Reduce Traffic Impact and Increase Work Zone Safety using Smart Technologies – which enables agencies to capture real-time data from work zones including speed, operational status, location, arrow board status and advice, and service vehicle position.
Conference attendees can inspect the work zone devices in the field and at the Gewi booth, to see how this information is provided to navigation devices, broadcasters, web sites, apps, and other systems. Additional tools will be available to demonstrate data quality management and compliance with USDOT National Work Zone data standards, as well as data audit functions.
Image Sensing Systems’ demonstration, A New Approach to Wrong Way Detection, addresses the serious safety risk wrong way drivers pose. Every day there is a death in the United States due to a wrong way driver. The detection of these wrong way drivers is vital to reducing these risks. Image Sensing Systems wrong way alerting solution provides accurate detection and fast notification to help improve the safety performance of roadways. The system will be in action outside the convention centre, giving attendees an insight into the company’s wrong way alerting solution and a chance to learn about the benefits of reliable, accurate detection to prevent wrong way fatalities.
