The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s (WYDOT’s) primary goal for implementing the Wyoming Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment (CVPD) was to demonstrate the potential and feasibility of using connected vehicle (CV) technologies to improve safety and mobility along 402 miles of Interstate 80 (I-80) in southern Wyoming. As the lead agency, WYDOT wanted to explore using CV technologies to communicate road and travel information to commercial truck drivers and fleet managers that routinely travel the I-80 corridor. Using data provided by the Wyoming CVPD Team, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute conducted a qualitative assessment of the mobility impacts of the deployment. There was little evidence to suggest that the deployment had any direct or indirect impact on mobility; however, this finding was expected because the primary focus of the deployment was on improving safety and information dissemination during severe weather events.
In September 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office selected three Connected Vehicle Pilo...
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