University of Washington

19 2017 – 2018 Annual Report DSRC/WAVE Enabled Connected Vehicles Infrastructure • PI: Sumit Roy (UW) The PIs Lab (FUNLAB; depts.washington.edu/funlab) is a recognized leader in implementing 802.11 nodes on a Software Defi ned Radio platform. When integrated within the proposed UW PacTrans test-bed for an intelligent signalized intersection, it can be used to demonstrate the performance of proposed WAVE protocol stack enhancements. The availability of SDR implementations with an open protocol stack developed locally facilitates the sort of experimentation that is infeasible with commercial 802.11 hardware that are closed. The specifi c objective is to deploy (close to UW campus, Montlake Blvd. test-site) a test-node as a RSU that can communicate with vehicular DSRC units. Final 50 Feet of the Urban Goods Delivery System: Pilot Test of an Innovative Improvement Strategy • PI: Anne Goodchild (UW) The purpose of the research project is to pilot test a promising strategy to reduce the number of failed fi rst delivery attempts in urban buildings. The test will take place in the Seattle Municipal Tower. It will serve as a case study for transportation and urban planning professionals seeking to reduce truck trips to urban buildings. SCTL Identifi ed two promising strategies for the pilot test: • Locker system : smaller to medium sized deliveries can be placed into a locker which will be temporarily installed during our pilot test • Grouped-tenant-fl oor-drop-off-points for medium sized items if locker is too small or full (4-6 fl oor groups to be set up by SDOT and City Light) • People will come and pick up the goods at the designated drop off points • Flyers with information of drop-off-points will be given to the carriers SCTL will evaluate the ability of the standardized second step pilot test to reduce the number of failed fi rst delivery attempts by: • Collecting original data to document the number of failed fi rst delivery attempts before and after the pilot test; and • Comparing them to the pilot test goals. Field Evaluation of V2I Connected Vehicle Deployment in Ada County, Idaho – Validating Communication Architecture and Control Technology Readiness • PI: Ahmed Abdel-Rahim (UI) Ada County Highway District (ACHD), the primary agency responsible for operating the Greater Boise Area traffi c network is planning to implement vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) technology at 20 intersections as part of the FHWA's SPAT challenge. This V2I interface has two elements of connected-vehicle V2I traffi c signal system applications: 1) priority for heavy vehicles at signalized intersection approaches and 2) traffi c signal system V2I and I2V data exchange. For the heavy vehicle priority application, some selected heavy vehicles, will be equipped with on- board DSRC units, cable of communicating with Road Side Units (RSUs) that are connected to the traffi c signal controller at the intersection. Traffi c controllers on a segment of the road will have the capability to send timing info (SPAT) and MAP messages to vehicles. The proposed implementation will involve the installation of Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) radios and an interface device in some test vehicles. The project activities will include a review of control technology and communication resources and other resources needed to facilitate the connected vehicle V2I implementation, a hardware-in-the-loop pre-deployment testing and validation at the UI NIATT's traffi c controller lab, and fi eld evaluation of the two connected- vehicle V2I application in Boise, Idaho.

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