Imagine a future where vehicles talk to one another and to critical infrastructure. This connected vehicle technology can change our transportation system as we know it by enabling safe, interoperable network and wireless communications among vehicles, infrastructure, and personal communications devices.
Connected vehicles provide drivers with 360° awareness of similarly equipped vehicles within a range of approximately three hundred meters. This security system keeps personal information private and does not track your vehicle. Drivers will receive warnings that inform them of potential hazards through a visual display, seat vibration, or tone. These are only warnings. As long as the driver remains in control of the vehicle at all times, However, the technology can also support limited automated functions in which the driver only seeds partial control of the vehicle. Warnings can help drivers respond quickly to avoid potential crashes. For example, the intersection movement assist application warns drivers when it is unsafe to enter an intersection. application that warns drivers when it is not safe to pass a slower moving vehicle. The emergency electronic Greek light application notifies the driver when an adult vehicle, several cars ahead, is breaking. Imagine the value of this blind spot warning application, which lets this commercial driver virtually see what's happening in his or her blind spot.
Connected vehicles can communicate with smart roadside infrastructure, like rail grade crossings, to alert drivers when a train is coming, even if they cannot see or hear it. Connected vehicles can help with related traffic and safety issues too. This is especially true in conditions such as black eyes, where the weather may not appear to be dangerous, but the roads are slippery. Information collected from multiple connected vehicles can help determine when a potential hazard exists, such as icy roads, and warn drivers before they experience it.
Road weather data from the vehicles can be sent to traffic management centres, or TMC, providing detailed, real-time information to help monitor and manage transportation system performance. The centres can then take actions like adjusting traffic signals and speed limits, notifying maintenance crews, dispatching maintenance vehicles to the road, and broadcasting warnings to motorists. One way motorists can get real-time road weather information from in-car displays is by dying five, one, one, or by listening to highway radio stations. Motorists will be able to get road weather information on their personal devices before leaving home. Connected vehicles can even help us reduce our carbon footprint and facilitate green transportation choices. Equal lanes are similar to today's TV lanes, but with a big difference. Motorists in these lines agreed to drive eco-friendly vehicles and at a speed that will alert conservative fuel drivers about the proper speed with dynamic message signs. vehicle applications can help vehicles reduce idling and unnecessary stops by communicating with smart traffic signals. Traffic signals broadcast data about their current signal phase in timing and systems inside the vehicles, using the data to determine speed advice for drivers.
Drivers can then adjust their vehicle speed to pass the next traffic signal on green or slow down to a stop in the most friendly manner, thus saving fuel, reducing emissions, and saving the driver. Connected vehicles can enhance awareness of unexpected roadside incidents like disabled vehicles, car crashes, police activity, and first responders caring for crash victims. Incidents' own warnings will alert drivers about incidents ahead and warn them to slow down and change lanes. Communications could also be sent to first responders at the scene via shoulder radios to warn them of the danger of approaching vehicles. Connected vehicle technology can help control traffic flow and reduce the resulting congestion at accident sites before it gets out of hand. With millions of connected vehicles, our ability to share robust data with each other and with smart infrastructure will continue to improve traffic flow and hand coordination with transit, making our communities even more safe and livable. The connection protection application gives public transportation providers and travellers the ability to communicate two ways.
The connected network gives passengers real-time transit information so they can more accurately predict whether they will make their next connection. If multiple people on a delayed bus will miss their next connection, transportation providers can adjust bus departures to enable the passengers to make their next connection. Dynamic, right-sharing applications make the logistics of right sharing, scheduling, reliability, and communication easier by connecting vehicles and handheld devices. Applications do the matching for us, authenticating users and connecting them with drivers. The cooperative adaptive cruise control app helps drivers avoid stops and starts, which can also help conserve fuel and improve traffic flow. The queue warning system monitors traffic data to detect stretches of slow moving traffic and warns motorists to reduce speeds to avoid potential collisions. Connected vehicle technology can help pedestrians by
For example, the mobile accessible pedestrian signal system app sounds an automated pedestrian call from the smart phone of a pedestrian with disabilities to the traffic controller holding the walk signal until the pedestrian has cleared the crosswalk. This application also alerts drivers of the presence of a pedestrian with disabilities at the The potential benefits of a connected transportation system, one that is able to enhance safety and mobility and address environmental impacts, are wide-ranging. Every one of us will feel their effects, enhancing the liabilities of our communities and ultimately making our transportation safer and smarter. Imagine the possibilities.
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