1. Traffic Signal Data Sharing to Support Automated Vehicle Applications
Regional Transportation Council
October 13, 2016
Thank you. Here to ask Committee to approve an effort to use traffic signal data in the region to build applications that will help motorists and vehicles travel more safely and efficiently on our streets and highways.
Thomas Bamonte
North Central Texas Council of Governments

2. Agenda
Automated Vehicle Deployment Opportunities Using Traffic Signal Data Current Status Recommendation Next Steps
I want to take some time to describe the technology and the long-term implications of this connected vehicle initiative and ask for your approval in the end.
As I go through this presentation want you to keep in mind that we are dealing with early stage transportation technology—think expansively about the possibilities as this technology matures.

3. Automated Vehicle Technology
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure
Autonomous Vehicle
Connected Vehicle
Vehicle-to-Vehicle
Transportation technology is changing rapidly so I wanted to do quick recap on four related technologies that fall under the umbrella of “automated vehicles.”
-- Autonomous vehicle technology is in-vehicle technology that takes on driving functions—the driverless car
--Connected vehicle technology connects vehicles to the Internet using wireless
-- V2V involves vehicles communicating basic information about themselves—speed, direction of travel, etc.—to each other
-- V2I involves a similar kind of communication between vehicles and the infrastructure.

4. Automated Vehicle Technology
Autonomous Vehicle Connected Vehicle Vehicle-to-Vehicle Vehicle-to-Infrastructure

5. Traffic Signal to Vehicle Communication
Traffic Signal Data Expert
What we are dealing with today is traffic signal information—signal phase and timing data. Used to be that stoplights were stand-alone mechanical gadgets. Now they are smart electronic devices that are networked to traffic management centers and can supply in real time the status of the traffic lights.
This data pretty much lies around, but now there are experts who are equipped to gather traffic signal data from cities.

6. Traffic Signal to Vehicle Communication Traffic Signal Data Expert
The data expert analyzes and optimizes the traffic signal data and then sends this data to automobile manufacturers. The auto manufacturers use this optimized data to feed apps in the vehicle that help navigate along a road with signalized intersections. The goal is to smooth out travel, increase vehicle throughput and reduce the vehicle emissions from stop-start-stop driving today.
OEMs

7. Traffic Signal to Vehicle Communication
Going to play this video showing how one auto company is starting to use traffic signal data to build products. The video also points out how sharing traffic signal data is part of a much larger effort to share information among vehicles, infrastructure and highway authorities as part of our automated vehicle future.
Transportation, Air Quality, Safety Benefits
Early Adopter Status
Attract Automated Vehicle Developers to Region
Develop In-House ITS Expertise
Leverage Private Sector Expertise
Build on Existing ITS Work

8. Network Architecture & Security

9. Current Status Partner Agency Interest in V2I Traffic Signal Projects
OEM Interest in North Texas V2I Traffic Signal Services
Sample Agreement between Partner Agency and Traffic Data Expert
Draft Agreement between NCTCOG and Traffic Data Expert
Draft RFP to Identify Other Interested Parties in V2I Traffic Signal Projects
We’ve made a lot of progress:
-- Strong interest by traffic engineers in region in sharing traffic signal data to support connected vehicle applications.
-- OEMs are interested in rolling out new applications to their North Texas customers. We have a data expert and an OEM that are poised to get going
-- We’ve put together a sample agreement our regional partners can use when dealing with data experts and another agreement that gives us access to performance reports supplied by the vendor to our regional partners.
-- Drafted an RFP so we can canvass the market and see if there are others with an interest in improving transportation using an app.

10. Recommendation
Approve pursuit of traffic signal data-sharing agreements in cooperation with regional partners to support automated vehicle applications in the region.
Ask you to approve this traffic data sharing initiative.

11. Next Steps Task Timeframe Issue RFP October
Brief ITS Stakeholders Task Force
November
First traffic signal V2I pilot
Briefing for traffic engineers
RFP responses due
December
Brief STTC/RTC
Early 2017
If you do so, these are the next steps.

12. Contact Information
Thomas J. Bamonte, Program Manager
Thank you.. Happy to take any questions.