CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED TRANSPORTATION AND THE TEXAS AV PROVING GROUNDS PARTNERSHIP

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1 CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED TRANSPORTATION AND THE TEXAS AV PROVING GROUNDS PARTNERSHIP Christopher Poe, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Director, Connected and Automated Transportation Strategy Texas A&M Transportation Institute

2 Transportation Technology Leadership in Texas Texas Technology Task Force Texas AV Proving Ground Partnership Texas Innovation Alliance

3 Texas Proving Ground Partnership

4 Proving Ground Leads Texas A&M, University of Texas, and SwRI All are conducting AV research All have controlled tracks on their campuses 4

5 Strengths of Texas AV Partnership Proving Grounds open for business On-road and off-road environments Match research expertise and proving grounds to testing needs Partnerships are in place for pilots/demos Diverse set of urban test sites High-speed freeway/managed lanes Arterial streets with transit Low Speed Urban Campus environments Border crossings

6 RELLIS Campus Proving Grounds 2,000 acre campus 1.2 mile straight aways Urban grid Truck Platooning AV roadway infrastructure needs and V2I FAA UAV Center of Excellence Expertise in vehicle controls, robotics, cybersecurity, UAVs TTI/Texas A&M

7 Proving Grounds: UT Campus streets and parking lots; J.J. Pickle Campus Highway, intersection, rural road safety V2X sensing/communication Vehicle and non-motorized user interactions Expertise in travel behavior, GPS and wireless sensing, cybersecurity, policy and regulation UT-Austin / CTR

8 Southwest Research Institute 1,200 acre campus with onand off-road testing facilities Over 20 fully automated vehicle platforms developed (from golf carts to class 8 trucks) for government and commercial clients Deploying CAV since 2008 Specialties include: localization, perception, cybersecurity, connected automation, UAVs On-Road Off-Road

9 Urban Test Site Partners City of Austin, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Capital METRO, Capital Area MPO, City of Bryan, City of College Station, Brazos Valley Council of Governments, City of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi MPO, Houston METRO, City of Houston, Harris County, Port of Houston, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Texas Medical Center, University of Houston, City of Arlington, City of Dallas, City of Fort Worth, City of Grand Prairie, North Central Texas Council of Govts, Tarrant County, Denton County Transit Authority, University of Texas at Arlington, City of San Antonio, VIA Transit, Alamo Area MPO, Joint Base San Antonio, City of El Paso, County of El Paso, Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority, El Paso MPO, Texas Department of Transportation

10 Austin Riverside Drive Connects to CBD Low-speed arterial Transit/ped/bike Austin-Bergstrom Airport 10

11 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington I-30 Freeway / managed lanes between Dallas and Fort Worth Arlington arterials connecting to I-30 UT Arlington Campus 11

12 The Milo Pilot project EasyMile autonomous shuttle Shared driverless transportation for the last mile Electric-powered; 12 passengers; 20 mph max Wheelchair accessible First phase of technology, quickly advancing

13 The Milo Pilot project Two shuttles leased for 1 year with 1 year renewal option Routes in Entertainment District to serve special events Operator on-board at all times Flexible routing opportunities Free rides Possible first AV shuttle service for the general public in the US Anticipated service start July Phase II hopes to put the shuttles on-street around UT Arlington

14 Lessons Learned from Testing

15 Houston Potential tests include: Safety: autonomous braking Capacity: bus platooning First/last mile Connection: automated shuttle Texas Medical Center 1,345 acres 106,000 employees 50,000 students METRO bus and rail METRO HOV Lanes METRO owned and operated 100 miles HOV/HOT I-45 US 59 North I-45 South US 59 South US 290 Energy Corridor Third largest employment center 91,000 employees Multimodal options Universities University of Houston Rice University Texas Southern University 15

16 Other AV Proving Ground Sites USDOT selected 10 sites out of 60+ proposals

17 Additional Test Sites Team Bryan/College Station Every Day Game Day Campus Transportation Technology Initiative City of College Station Automatic Traffic Signal Performance Measures Team Corpus Christi Transit service for Texas A&M Corpus Christi campus

18 Next Generation Wireless Industry needs testing of how safety and mobility applications work on emerging telecommunications infrastructure. Texas A&M, UT, and SMU pursuing NSF funding to build future wireless infrastructure B/CS, Austin, Dallas would all have infrastructure for data collection and testing

19 Texas Connected Freight Corridors Project Equip Texas Triangle with connected infrastructure technology (I-35, I-10, I-45) Equip 1,000 trucks with technology HEB, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and Crete Carriers partners Provide freight operators and drivers with warnings to improve safety and mobility: Warnings for traffic queues, work zones, low bridge heights, weather (heavy rain, ice, fog), wrong-way drivers Equipped truck will get braking warnings from other equipped trucks Info on traffic conditions, route guidance, border wait times

20 Charge to ITS Texas Members The AV Proving Ground Partnership is available to all: Public agencies can bring Private companies can leverage these facilities with their clients Use Cases of interest: Low-speed transit shuttle Truck platooning

21 For More Information Christopher Poe, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Chandra Bhat, University of Texas, Michael Brown, Southwest Research Institute,