Development of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Applications

Post Date

May 2nd 2013

Application Due Date

May 20th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

DTFH61-13-RA-00004

CFDA Number(s)

20.200

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Transportation

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is a sole-source cooperative agreement with the Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP) for development, evaluation, and testing of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) applications.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $45000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $56250000

Grant Description

The USDOT seeks to develop, evaluate, and test vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) applications for the light vehicle fleet that are intended to transform surface transportation safety, mobility, and environmental performance through a connected vehicle environment. These efforts are outlined in RITAуs ITS Strategic Research Plan, 2010-2014. The FHWA has a lead role in the selection, development, and testing of the applications. V2I applications are those applications wherein vehicle-based sensors and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications are not considered adequate for development of information, alerts, or warnings for drivers. Rather, additional information is required from the infrastructure in order to enable the applications. These applications, however, are vehicle-based, in that they are programs resident in the on-board equipment of the vehicle. The on-board systems use information from vehicle-based sensors, V2V communications, and V2I communications to determine if information, alerts, or warnings should be provided to the driver. Automobile manufacturers (OEMs) are critical partners in development of vehicle-based applications and processes. The Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP) partnership was formed between Ford Motor Company and General Motors to accelerate development and implementation of crash avoidance countermeasures in light vehicles to improve traffic safety. The CAMP partnership forms a consortium of all OEMs that desire to cooperatively work together and with the USDOT on specific research areas, such as V2I applications. This cooperative agreement is with CAMP and is intended to facilitate the selection, development, and evaluation of V2I safety, mobility and environmental applications, and to conduct other Connected Vehicle program work that involves communications between vehicles, infrastructure, and pedestrians and bicyclists.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Transportation

• Office:

  DOT Federal Highway Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Robert Miller
  Agreement Specialist
  Phone 202-366-9167

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Rob.Miller@dot.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Rob.Miller@dot.gov