Independent evaluation of the transit retrofit package safety applications : final report.

PDFTech ReportFHWA-JPO-14-175DOT-VNTSC-FTA-15-01Intelligent transportation systemsDedicated short range communicationsRetrofittingVehicle to vehicle communicationsTransit busesITS program applicationsTransit safetyPedestrian safetyMethodologyEvaluationUnited StatesUnited States. Dept. of Transportation. ITS Joint Program OfficeNodine, EmilyStevens, ScottNajm, Wassim G.Jackson, ChrisLam, AndyJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)United States. Federal Transit AdministrationUnited States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation SystemsIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program OfficeVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis report presents the methodology and results of the independent evaluation of retrofit safety packages installed on transit vehicles in theSafety Pilot Model Deployment\ue2\u20ac\u201dpart of the United States Department of Transportation\ue2\u20ac\u2122s Intelligent Transportation Systems researchprogram. The Model Deployment included approximately 2,800 vehicles, equipped with designated short-range-communication-basedvehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technology in a real-world driving environment. The goals of the independent evaluation wereto assess system performance, safety impact, and driver acceptance of the vehicle-to-vehicle safety applications based on the naturalisticdriving of 75 drivers who drove the equipped transit buses during the Model Deployment. The results of the analysis suggest that the TRPsafety applications have the potential to improve driver behavior and increase driver safety, but improvements in accuracy are needed.Results from the Model Deployment will help shape future research direction