Connected Vehicle Technology for Improved Multimodal Winter Travel: Agency Perspective and a Conceptual Exploration

Yaqin He, Md Tawhidur Rahman, Michelle Akin, Yinhai Wang, Kakan Dey and Xianming Shi
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Yaqin He: School of Automobile and Traffic Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, Hubei, China
Md Tawhidur Rahman: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Michelle Akin: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
Yinhai Wang: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Kakan Dey: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Xianming Shi: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-21

Abstract: Accurate and real-time traffic and road weather information acquired using connected vehicle (CV) technologies can help commuters perform safe and reliable trips. A nationwide survey of transit operation managers/supervisors was conducted to assess the suitability for CV transit applications in improving the safety and mobility during winter weather. Almost all respondents expressed positive attitudes towards the potential of CV applications in improving winter transit travel and voiced their concerns over the safety consequences of CV equipment failure, potential of increased driver distraction, and reliability of system performance in poor weather. A concept of operations of CV applications for multimodal winter travel was developed. In the conceptual framework, route-specific road weather and traffic flow data will be used by the transit managers/supervisors to obtain real-time operational status, forecast operational routes and schedules, and assess operational performance. Subsequently, multimodal commuters can receive the road-weather and traffic-flow information as well as transit routes and schedule information.

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems (ITS); transit operation; vehicle-to-vehicle communication; concept of operations; winter travel; sustainable transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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