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Conduct Durability Tests to Ensure Antenna Mounting Supports Proper Connected Vehicle Communications for Large Vehicles.

Conduct interoperability test to identify potential issues that would require resolution prior to the sites advancing to an operational phase. The three-day testing event was a major victory for the…
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Date Posted
02/29/2024

Battery-Electric Drayage Trucks in the Port of New York and New Jersey Could Reduce CO2 Emissions by 75 Percent and Eliminate 76 Metric Tons of CO2 Per Truck Annually in Comparison to Diesel Trucks.

METHODOLOGY:   Between March and July 2021, detailed performance data, including engine CAN and GPS position information, from 46 drayage trucks from three port operators was gathered at 1-Hz…
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Date Posted
09/18/2023

The Initial Projected Annualized Costs To Implement and Operate Shared Fully Automated Mobility Services Ranged From $125,000 to $1,934,000 per Census Block Group (CBG) in Four Large U.S. Cities.

This study evaluated transit systems in various cities to identify opportunities for equitable improvement through shared automated mobility. For this purpose, locations of unmet transit demand among…
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Made Public Date
01/25/2023

Manage Deployment Risks Related to Connected Vehicle Technology Maturity by Reducing Exposure to External Uncertainties and Adding Testing at an Earlier Stage.

Broaden the definition and concept of technical maturity to increase stakeholder knowledge and allow for better risk management. The lack of technology maturity resulted in challenges such as…
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Date Posted
12/28/2022

Modeling Results from NYC Connected Vehicle Pilot Estimate that Preventing Collisions at Selected Crash Locations Saved 144.8 Gallons of Gasoline and 1,287 Kg of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

METHODOLOGY An existing microscopic simulation model of midtown Manhattan was re-calibrated to 2018 pre-deployment (pre-pandemic) conditions for a typical weekday morning, 6 AM to 9 AM, and afternoon…
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Date Posted
12/20/2022
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) V2V Basic Safety (VS02)

A Simulation Model Indicated That Shared Automated Vehicles and Fully Automated Electric Shuttles Can Improve Transit Coverage in Large Cities by 13 to 315 Percent.

METHODOLOGY In this study, transit stops, routes, and service frequency data from the standardized General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) were used to determine the transit supply score for each…
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Date Posted
12/15/2022

Enable Real-Time Monitoring and Notifications for Mobile Pedestrian Application Data Stream Connections to Improve User Experience in Case of Data Transmission Failures.

Beware of potential positioning inaccuracies on smart phones, and test location correction service thoroughly before deployment. The field tests of the PED-SIG application found that Global…
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Date Posted
11/30/2022

Seventy-One Percent of Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities Were More Confident in Crossing Signalized Intersections with New York City’s Mobile Accessible Pedestrian Application Than with Other Technologies.

Methodology The PED-SIG application was evaluated based on operational data logs collected from the PIDs, field test observations, as well as qualitative feedback provided by participants before and…
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Date Posted
11/30/2022

Local Validation and Evaluation of Pedestrian Detection Using Thermal Imaging Technology is Needed, Especially in Areas with Complex Traffic Conditions and Road User Activities.

Several lessons learned were captured during the evaluation of FLIR pedestrian detection, particularly from the detection accuracy of the FLIR sensors under different conditions. Perform the…
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Date Posted
11/28/2022

Connected Vehicle Speed Limit Warnings Increased Speed Compliance by 16 Percent During a Pilot Test in New York City.

METHODOLOGY The deployed vehicles experienced 107,609 alerts by V2I applications and 52,680 by V2V applications. Of all these events, 65,231 alerts were silent and 95,058 alerts were active. After…
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Date Posted
11/28/2022