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The concept of connected vehicles is becoming more of a reality as researchers and software developers put more effort into developing and testing the hardware and software that the DSRC network will use to communicate between road users. As that progresses, researchers have begun to expand the variety of applications in which the system supports. This paper explores a multi-stage approach for implementing an application that focuses on improving safety around school buses and school bus stops in the near-term, intermediate-term, and long-term stages. The paper details the mechanisms of how three different notification types could be implemented over time: 1) warning approaching vehicles that students are waiting at a school bus stop ahead, 2) warning approaching vehicles that there is a stopped school bus ahead and out of their sightline, and 3) alerting emergency service providers that a school bus has experienced an emergency situation. As the connected vehicle system develops over time and expands through the stages of primarily vehicle-to-infrastructure communication (near-term), to vehicle-to-vehicle communication (intermediate-term), and ultimately to autonomous driving (long-term), the data needs and methods of communication will need to adapt to each stage’s unique demands and capabilities. Through the lens of a school bus related application, this paper provides the foundation for navigating these transitional stages and making the most of the technology as it becomes available.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB10 Standing Committee on Transportation Safety Management.

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17-01245

English

19p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Bus stops; Intelligent vehicles; Mobile communication systems; School buses; Vehicle to infrastructure communications; Vehicle to vehicle communications; Warning systems

Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-01245

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 10:23AM