# Presentation: 144698

## VII Applications

**VII Applications**

**Mike Schagrin, VII Applications Manager**
**ITS Joint Program Office**
**Research & Innovative Technology Administration **
**USDOT**

## Opportunities with VII Applications

**Opportunities with VII Applications**

**Probe Data**

**Situation Relevant Information**

**Notes:**
VII Addresses Two Fundamental interests of Transportation Managers:
Ability to collect accurate, real-time, and comprehensive information on roadway conditions throughout the transportation network
Ability to deliver situation relevant messages about roadway conditions directly to drivers at the right place and time so that they can use this information to avoid incidents, select alternative routes, and better manage their travel plans
Safety Services:
Signal and stop sign violation
Curve speed warning
E-Payment Services for POC:
Tolling, Parking, Gas
Vehicle to vehicle:
Emergency electronic brake lights
Blind spot warning

## VII Will Be Used to Support a Wide Array of “Day 1” Applications

**Traveler Information**
***Travel Times, Incident Alerts, Road Closures, Work Zones***
**In Vehicle Signage **
***Local Signage (School Zones, Stop Signs)***
***Highway Next Exit Services***
**Navigation**
***Off Board Navigation***
***Reroute Information***
**Traffic Management**
***Ramp Metering***
***Signal Timing Optimization***
***Corridor Management Planning Assistance***
***Corridor Management Load Balancing***

**Weather Information**
***Surface conditions; surface treatment status; visibility, etc.***
***Improved Weather Observing***
**Safety**
***Emergency Electronic Brake Light***
***Traffic Signal/Stop Sign Violation Warning***
***Curve Speed Warning***
**Electronic Payment **
***Parking ***
***Toll Roads***
***Gasoline***

## Application Development Approach

|  | Objective | Timeframe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Phase 1:
Application Refinement and Research  | Develop application-specific concept of operations
Perform fundamental research that will impact application development and deployment | 2006 - 2008 |
| Phase 2:
Proof of Concept (POC) Testing  | Develop and test core VII system functionality and services
Validate the architecture using “stub” applications
Technically demonstrate the VII system is capable of supporting Day 1 applications | 2006 - early 2008 |
| Phase 3:
Prototype Development 
and Testing 
(Post-POC) | Refine application software, address human factors issues, resolve institutional challenges
Produce near “production ready”/fully functional designs
Test application effectiveness | 2008 - 2010 |
| Phase 4: Deployment Readiness & Support | Assemble application support “packages” including best practices; core software modules; lessons learned, etc.
Identify resource needs | 2009 - 2012 |

**Application Development Approach**

## VII Application Development Process

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**2009**

***VII POC Track***

***VII Day-1 Track***

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***Day-1 Use Case Development***

***POC App. ConOps***

***POC App. Req.***

***POC Application Development***

***POC App. Testing (Detroit)***

***Application ConOps  ***

***Prototype Development, Testing, and Analysis***

***Deployment Readiness and Support***

***High Level Application Development Plans***

***Phase 1***

***Phase 3***

***Phase 2***

***Phase 4***

***Fundamental ***
***research, modeling and simulation***
*** ******activities***

***Data Characteristics Study***
***Probe Data-based Research***
***Weather Observations (WDT)***
***Traffic Signal Optimization***
***Corridor Management***

***VII Research related to institutional, deployment, and operational***
***issues***

***Roles/responsibilities of States and local transportation agencies in executing applications ***
***Central versus decentralized analyses of probe data,***
***Evaluation of “opt in” public sector programs,***
***VII “Operating Entity” structure, governance, funding.***

***Application Research***

## Challenges/Next Steps

**Determine additional application priorities for investment**
*** ******Address areas of transit and motor carrier operations, as well as planning support, etc.***
***Private sector needs to meet market demand***
***Identify which stakeholders need to be further engaged and how best to do this***
**Identify necessary (but not overly restrictive) standards and guidelines**
**To what extent should applications be developed**
**Determine resource needs of public agencies**

## Next: VII Data Characterization