Independent evaluation of the transit retrofit package safety applications : final report.

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• Creators:
  Nodine, Emily ; Stevens, Scott ; Najm, Wassim G. ; Jackson, Chris ; Lam, Andy
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration ; United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Dedicated short range communications
  • Retrofitting
  • Vehicle to vehicle communications
  • Transit buses
  • ITS program applications
  • Transit safety
  • Pedestrian safety
  • Methodology
  • Evaluation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-14-175 ; DOT-VNTSC-FTA-15-01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. ITS Joint Program Office
• Abstract:
  This report presents the methodology and results of the independent evaluation of retrofit safety packages installed on transit vehicles in the ; Safety Pilot Model Deployment—part of the United States Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems research ; program. The Model Deployment included approximately 2,800 vehicles, equipped with designated short-range-communication-based ; vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technology in a real-world driving environment. The goals of the independent evaluation were ; to assess system performance, safety impact, and driver acceptance of the vehicle-to-vehicle safety applications based on the naturalistic ; driving of 75 drivers who drove the equipped transit buses during the Model Deployment. The results of the analysis suggest that the TRP ; safety applications have the potential to improve driver behavior and increase driver safety, but improvements in accuracy are needed. ; Results from the Model Deployment will help shape future research direction.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4296/dot_4296_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.65 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ca16b88aa4fe0ce4204f8dc4f29627c3042f60f5d72a54bb64fc776d3f002375