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Table 6.12 Automation/Infrastructure Strategies
Strategy Description/Application Modes Affected Impact on Reliability
Real time control of
transit arrivals,
connections and pre trip Advanced transit operation strategies. Transit Medium
Real time road pricing Broadly applied, broadly accepted.
Passenger
Vehicles/Freight
Medium
Reliability and quality
control with pricing
It permits reservation systems,
guaranteed arrival times at a price.
Passenger
Vehicles/Freight
High
Vehicle Infrastructure
Integration (VII)
implementations
Instant automated
incident detection and
assessment
Robotic deployment of
Visual screens
Vehicle automation
Automated, reliable DUI
detection and
intervention
3D video, 3D
telepresence and haptic
(touch based) interfaces
Automation in truck
operations
Resilient infrastructure
It will make crashes on limited access
roadways rare. Greatly affects reliability.
All (Passenger
Vehicles, Freight,
Transit, Bike, Peds)
High
Information to first responders and
rerouting algorithms. Passenger Vehicles Medium
Eliminate gapers’ blocks.
All (Passenger
Vehicles, Freight,
Transit, Bike, Peds)
Medium
Crash reduction and smoothing traffic
flow, including onboard VSL. Passenger Vehicles High
Crash and intervention reduction.
Telecommuting becomes a real option
due to advanced communication
technologies, and general acceptance of
this family friendly, environmentally soft
work style.
Passenger Vehicles,
Freight
All (Passenger
Vehicles, Freight,
Transit, Bike, Peds)
Medium
High
Exclusive, tolled, automated lanes.
Reduces crashes and driver fatigue.
Increases reliability. Freight High
Will work well even when weather is a
problem. All (Infrastructure) High
Wearable Computers
with Augmented Reality
Use of full AACN data in biomechanical
models to predict specific occupant
injuries in real time.
All (Passenger
Vehicles, Freight,
Transit, Bike, Peds)
Medium
Information Technology/Data Sharing
Futuristic predictions say that by 2030, video calling will be pervasive, generating 400 exabytes of
data - the equivalent of 20 million Libraries of Congress. The phone, web, email, photos, and
music will explode to generate 50 exabytes of data. With that, improved Wireless
Telecommunications Services will be observed such as: Video distribution and messaging;
innovative service offerings; packages tailored to niche groups regionally; and instantaneous
(19, 20 and 21)
transmission of large amounts of data. Such overwhelming data availability will
challenge agencies capability of handling and making good use of such amount of data.
Information sharing across agencies is a key factor to overcome this issue, promoting a strong
basis for collaboration and coordination in managing incidents.
Today, one of the challenges in identifying operational performance benefits is generally related to
a lack of baseline performance data from which to measure. With an improved data quality and
amount, electronic data collection (particularly in recording the incident start and stop times) will
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