U.S. Department of Transportation officials discussed the importance of dedicated...
U.S. Department of Transportation officials discussed the importance of dedicated short range communications (DSRC) in the development of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), in a meeting with the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology and the Public Safety Bureau. “ITS…
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remains a priority for the Department and its operating administrations,” said a DOT ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/bnivf7). “The Department continues to invest significant resources in ITS research, testing, and other endeavors to help enable a connected transportation environment that will improve safety and mobility. Transportation safety is the top priority of the Department, and Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communications, which can provide driver warnings in several safety-critical scenarios, have the potential to significantly reduce vehicle crashes and fatalities (which totaled more than 32,000 in 2011). Thus, in the Department’s view, these public benefits support the continued allocation of spectrum for DSRC.” DOT officials also discussed their progress in evaluating the benefits of ITS, including a connected vehicle safety pilot model deployment, to begin this month in Ann Arbor, Mich. “This will be a major effort involving approximately three thousand vehicles, permitting the Department to collect data for one year on how ITS can help to reduce vehicle crashes,” the filing said. “The Department invited FCC staff to learn more about ITS by observing the Safety Pilot Model Deployment or by participating in a ‘hands-on’ demonstration of the technology.” DOT officials said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration “has committed to a 2013 agency decision on whether the V2V safety technology (of which DSRC is a foundational element) is sufficiently developed to support rulemaking for light vehicles.”