The document discusses a proposal for a panel at SXSW 2017, presented by Mike Pina from the U.S. Department of Transportation, focusing on how connected vehicles can enhance pedestrian safety. It outlines various applications that can reduce traffic accidents and improve overall efficiency, such as warning systems for pedestrians and drivers about potential collisions. It also emphasizes the role of wireless technology in facilitating communication between vehicles and pedestrians to prevent accidents.

1. Can Connected Vehicles
Save Pedestrians Too?
SXSW 2017 PanelPicker
Proposal
Mike Pina
ITS Joint Program Office, OST-R
U.S. Department of Transportation

2. Imagine a Transportation System in which
VEHICLES CAN SENSE
Things That You Can’t.

3. Connected
Vehicles
 Save lives by
significantly reducing
traffic accidents
 Make travel easier,
more efficient, and more
enjoyable
 Help curb pollution

4. How
Connected
Vehicles Work
1 A wireless device in a car
sends basic safety
messages 10 times per
second
2 Other nearby cars and
roadside equipment
receive the messages
3 Drivers, as well as
pedestrians with mobile
devices, get a warning of
a potential crash

5. Three Connected
Vehicle Applications
that Can Prevent
Crashes with
Pedestrians
1 A wireless device in a car
sends basic safety
messages 10 times per
second
2 Other nearby cars and
roadside equipment
receive the messages
3 Drivers, as well as
pedestrians with mobile
devices, get a warning of
a potential crash

6. Connected Vehicle Applications Can
Prevent Crashes with Pedestrians
 Transit Bus Stop Pedestrian
Warning
 Mobile Accessible Pedestrian
Signal System
 Pedestrian in Signalized
Crosswalk

7. Transit Bus
Stop
Pedestrian
Warning
 Warns pedestrians of
transit buses
approaching/departing a
bus stop, as well as
warns bus drivers of the
presence of pedestrians
 Warns pedestrians
getting off a bus of any
vehicles near the bus
stop that may be out of
view, helping to avoid
potential collisions
Illustrative purposes only

8. Mobile
Accessible
Pedestrian
Signal System
 Allows visually impaired
pedestrians to
communicate with traffic
signals via smart phones,
as well as provides audio
cues to help safely
navigate the crosswalk
 Drivers also receive alerts
of a visually impaired
pedestrian in the
crosswalk Connected V2P Application

9. Pedestrian
in
Signalized
Crosswalk
 Warns the bus driver
if a pedestrian is
crossing the street as
the bus is making a
turn
Connected V2P Application

10. Vote for our
proposal for
SXSW 2017
to learn more
about these
exciting
applications!
Session Title:
Can Connected Vehicles
Save Pedestrians Too?
Presenter:
Mike Pina, U.S. Department
of Transportation,
Intelligent Transportation
Systems Joint Program
Office
Link:
http://its.dot.gov/factsheet
s/pdf/CV_V2Pcomms.pdf