[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34286-34287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14538]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ITS Joint Program Office; Webinar on Connected Vehicle
Infrastructure Deployment Analysis Report Review; Notice of Public
Meeting
AGENCY: Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) ITS Joint Program
Office (ITS JPO) will host a free public webinar on June 24, 2011 at 1
p.m. (EDT) to discuss the Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment
Analysis Report. The webinar will provide an opportunity for
stakeholders to hear about and provide feedback on the American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Analysis Report developed
by the AASHTO Connected Vehicle Working Group with support from USDOT.
The purpose of the report is to explore infrastructure deployment
approaches and potential issues for state and local transportation
agencies, primarily from a state DOT perspective. The analysis does not
significantly consider the needs and interests of transit and trucking
stakeholders, as these communities' visions and issues are being
considered elsewhere in the ITS program in conjunction with their
respective stakeholder organizations.
The AASHTO Working Group is made up of representatives of eleven
state agencies, along with three local transportation agencies, and one
metropolitan planning organization. Automotive representatives from the
Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Consortium (VIIC), private sector
equipment manufacturers, and telecommunications service providers were
also invited to the Deployment Plan meetings, and they actively and
constructively participated in the discussions leading to this report.
The report covers connected vehicle applications of most interest
to the states, current state and local programs underway, deployment
readiness in the vehicle market, aftermarket devices and
communications, the magnitude of effort to upgrade the nation's signal
controllers with Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)
capabilities, and a set of deployment scenarios with corresponding
strategies and actions for the state and local transportation
community.
Connected Vehicle research at the USDOT is a multimodal program
that
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involves using wireless communication between vehicles, infrastructure,
and personal communications devices to improve safety, mobility, and
environmental sustainability. The program is the major research
initiative of the ITS JPO, which is currently working with the eight
major automotive companies to develop vehicle crash warning
applications using DSRC technology. In addition, the ITS JPO is working
to develop a myriad of applications which will use data collected from
connected vehicles that can improve safety, mobility and
sustainability. There is also connected vehicle-related research in the
areas of standards, data collection, certification, policy, road
weather, and public transportation.
Persons planning to attend the webinar should send their full name,
organization, and business e-mail address to Adam Hoops at ITS America
at [email protected] by June 16, 2011. Please specify the name of the
webinar in the e-mail. For additional questions, please contact Adam
Hoops at (202) 680-0091.
Issued in Washington, DC on the 6th day of June 2011.
John Augustine,
Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-14538 Filed 6-10-11; 8:45 am]
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