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Implementation and Evaluation of a Cooperative Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Safety Application
While the development of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) safety applications based
on Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) has been extensively undergoing
standardization for more than a decade, such applications are extremely missing
for Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs). Nonexistence of collaborative systems between
VRUs and vehicles was the main reason for this lack of attention. Recent
developments in Wi-Fi Direct and DSRC-enabled smartphones are changing this
perspective. Leveraging the existing V2V platforms, we propose a new framework
using a DSRC-enabled smartphone to extend safety benefits to VRUs. The
interoperability of applications between vehicles and portable DSRC enabled
devices is achieved through the SAE J2735 Personal Safety Message (PSM).
However, considering the fact that VRU movement dynamics, response times, and
crash scenarios are fundamentally different from vehicles, a specific framework
should be designed for VRU safety applications to study their performance. In
this article, we first propose an end-to-end Vehicle-to-Pedestrian (V2P)
framework to provide situational awareness and hazard detection based on the
most common and injury-prone crash scenarios. The details of our VRU safety
module, including target classification and collision detection algorithms, are
explained next. Furthermore, we propose and evaluate a mitigating solution for
congestion and power consumption issues in such systems. Finally, the whole
system is implemented and analyzed for realistic crash scenarios
Instruments of Transport Policy.
The material in this Working Paper was generated as input to DETR's Guidance on the Methodology for Multi Modal Studies (GOMMMS). DETR subsequently decided only to provide summary information on transport policy measures, and to leave the consultants involved in individual multi modal studies to make their own assessment of individual policy measures in the context of specific study areas. It has been decided to make this fuller document available as a reference source. The purpose of the review of policy measures was to provide summary information on the range of policy measures available, experience of their use and, based on past studies, their potential contribution to the range of policy objectives specified for GOMMMS. The review was based on an earlier one included in the Institution of Highways and Transportation's Guidelines on Developing Urban Transport Strategies (1996). This material was updated using references published since 1996 and expanded to cover policy measures relevant in inter-urban areas. It had been intended to circulate it for comment before publishing a revised version. However, DETR decided to use an abridged version before this consultation was complete. It should be borne in mind that this document has not, therefore, undergone the peer assessment which had been intended. To avoid unnecessary further work, the material is presented as it had been drafted for the GOMMMS Guidance document. The only modifications have been to change the chapter and paragraph numbers, and to remove the cross references to other parts of the Guidance document
National road safety action plan 2015–2017
The Action Plan outlined in this document is intended to support the implementation of the National Road Safety Strategy 2011–2020 (NRSS). It addresses key road safety challenges identified in a recent review of the strategy (NRSS Review) and details a range of priority national actions to be taken by governments over the three years 2015 to 2017.
The Action Plan was developed cooperatively by Commonwealth, state and territory transport agencies, and was endorsed by Ministers of the Transport and Infrastructure Council in November 2014. It does not replace the broader 10-year agenda of the NRSS, but will help to ensure that national efforts in the next three years are focused on strategically important initiatives
VANET Applications: Hot Use Cases
Current challenges of car manufacturers are to make roads safe, to achieve
free flowing traffic with few congestions, and to reduce pollution by an
effective fuel use. To reach these goals, many improvements are performed
in-car, but more and more approaches rely on connected cars with communication
capabilities between cars, with an infrastructure, or with IoT devices.
Monitoring and coordinating vehicles allow then to compute intelligent ways of
transportation. Connected cars have introduced a new way of thinking cars - not
only as a mean for a driver to go from A to B, but as smart cars - a user
extension like the smartphone today. In this report, we introduce concepts and
specific vocabulary in order to classify current innovations or ideas on the
emerging topic of smart car. We present a graphical categorization showing this
evolution in function of the societal evolution. Different perspectives are
adopted: a vehicle-centric view, a vehicle-network view, and a user-centric
view; described by simple and complex use-cases and illustrated by a list of
emerging and current projects from the academic and industrial worlds. We
identified an empty space in innovation between the user and his car:
paradoxically even if they are both in interaction, they are separated through
different application uses. Future challenge is to interlace social concerns of
the user within an intelligent and efficient driving
Road safety management capacity review
Introduction
Study Context
Following on from the government’s manifesto to an annual reduction in road deaths and injuries, the
British Road Safety Statement 2015 (BRSS) set out the government’s commitment to invest further in
continuing road safety activity, and to conduct a Road Safety Management Capacity Review (RSMCR).
A RSMCR is a strategic assessment, benchmarking and capacity building tool, originally developed by
the World Bank's Global Road Safety Facility, to guide investments and assist countries in
strengthening road safety management. It is recommended for use by the OECD/International
Transport Forum and the World Road Association as a first step in further developing and extending
effective Safe System investment strategies, plans and projects in all countries and contexts.
In May 2017, the DfT commissioned a RSMCR to benchmark and understand the current status of
institutional delivery of road safety in Britain, and to identify practical and actionable opportunities for
strengthening joint working, local innovation, and efficiency on a national and local basis.
Safe System
The overarching theme of the BRSS is the government’s adoption of the recommended Safe System
approach to preventing death and serious injuries in road collisions. Its application is cited as a key
national priority in the UK. While building on current practice, some re-alignment in national road
safety focus and activity will be necessary over time. Safe System implementation towards zero deaths
and serious injuries is a long-term project and is in different stages of development in different
countries and jurisdictions.
Safe System comprises both an explicit goal and strategy. The long-term Safe System goal is for the
ultimate prevention of deaths and serious injuries, through incremental targeted improvements within
a specified safety performance framework. The Safe System strategy aims for a more forgiving road
system that takes human fallibility and vulnerability into account. The road traffic system is planned,
designed, operated and used such that people are protected from death and serious injury in road
collisions.
Aims and Objectives of the Review
The overarching aim of the RSMCR is to identify practical and actionable opportunities for
strengthening joint working, local innovation, and efficiency on a national and local basis. In particular
the RSMCR seeks to understand the current status of institutional delivery of road safety in Britain by:
Examining national, regional and local structures, responsibilities, accountabilities, relationships
and coordination;
Examining whether management effort and resources at all levels are being targeted effectively
at designing, and enabling or delivering evidence-based interventions and initiatives that can
have the greatest impact in preventing and reducing the number of road users killed and
seriously injured;
Assessing the current road safety delivery landscape against the Safe System road safety
management assessment framework and determining whether there is an imbalance in
resource effort for each element and at each level (national, regional and local);
Investigating how institutional capacity can be cost-effectively strengthened, within the context
of the BRSS, to deliver a Safe System approach to road safety; and
Identifying areas and means for improved joint working, local innovation and efficiency
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