Approximately 5% of vehicles operating on roads in the United States are connected. The most basic connected vehicles now report vehicle position, speed, and heading. More sophisticated OEM’s now provide additional information such as hard braking, hard acceleration, lateral acceleration, vertical acceleration, and in a few specific cases, battery charge levels. Agencies are now using this data to identify operational anomalies on our roadways. Use cases include identifying construction zone hazards, potholes, traffic signals with long queues, icy bridge decks, traffic management during large special events, and guard rails in need of repair. This talk will discuss how consented and anonymized connected vehicle data can be used to the mutual benefit of OEM’s, agencies, and most importantly, the motoring public to improve the safety and efficiency of our nation’s highways. Several uses cases from across the country will be incorporated into the presentation.
