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PMSS Project Details

 

Project ID:FHWA-PROJ-09-0062
Project Name: Innovative Approaches for Next Generation Vehicle Positioning - Phase I
Status: Active
Contact:Last Name:   Arnold
First Name:   James A
Telephone:  202-493-3265
E-mail:         james.a.arnold@dot.gov
Organization:Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office: Office of Operations Research and Development
Team: Trans Enabling Technologies Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s): Not Applicable
Project Description: This project will be completed in two phases. The initial phase of this project will investigate a range of viable approaches that could provide lane-level positioning accuracy in diverse driving environments, satisfying the needs of accuracy, availability, continuity, and low-cost. This initial phase will assess the viability, benefits, limitations, and obstacles for different approaches based on technological, business, and deployment characteristics. The second phase will include the testing of several of the viable approaches. This phase would extend for two years, where prototype systems would be developed and tested that integrate a variety of sensors (e.g., Global Navigation Satellite Systems, inertial, feature-based) along with ground-based radio positioning (e.g., Dedicated Short Range Communications).
Laboratories: Not Applicable
Start Date: October 1, 2009
End Date: December 31, 2012
Funding Amount:$619,937.00
FHWA Program Name: Other
Goals: Define requirements and match with technologies.
Project Type: Onsite and Offsite
Background Information: Data not yet available
Test Methodology: Data not yet available
Other Information: Data not yet available
Partners: Data not yet available
More Information URL(s):
Fieldtest: Data not yet available
Expected Benefits: Data not yet available
Deliverables: Data not yet available
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Project Findings: TBD
FHWA Topics: Road Operations and Congestion--Transportation Management
TRT Terms: Positioning
LIDAR
FHWA Disciplines: Freight
Operations
Safety
Subject Areas: Freight Transportation
Highways
Passenger Transportation
Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Public Transportation