NTL Record

Title Connecting Pedestrians with Disabilities to Adaptive Signal Control for Safe Intersection Crossing and Enhanced Mobility: System Design Document [2018]
Record ID 65982
Personal Name
Creator
Smith, Stephen F.; Rubinstein, Zachary B.; Kamalanathsharma, Raj; Sarkhili, Sara; Dias, Bernardine; Bahram, Sina
Corporate Creator Carnegie-Mellon University; Booz Allen Hamilton
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
Publication Date 20180800
Language English
Abstract This document presents the system design of a mobile application for use by pedestrians with disabilities to facilitate safe and efficient intersection crossing. The mobile application is designed to allow the pedestrian to communicate directly to the intersection and to actively influence traffic control decisions. Most basically, the mobile application enables the pedestrian to communicate personalized crossing duration requirements to the infrastructure. However, the mobile app is also capable of monitoring pedestrian progress, and by utilizing the SURTRAC real-time adaptive traffic signal control system, it is capable of triggering dynamic extension of the green phase if necessary. Various aspects of the design are specified, including the physical architecture, the DSRC-based pedestrian-to-infrastructure communication framework, the mobile application’s user interface, and necessary extensions to the SURTRAC adaptive signal control system.
Rosap ID dot:39010
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39010
TRT Terms Pedestrian safety; Mobile applications; Traffic signal control systems; Transportation safety; Visually impaired persons; Blind persons; Hearing impaired persons
General Subjects pedestrians with disabilities; safe intersection crossing; mobile app; user requirements; adaptive traffic signal control system
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1701698
Contract Number DTFH6117C00014
Report Number FHWA-JPO-18-685; Task 1.1.3 Report
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/65000/65900/65982/FHWA-JPO-18-685_20190313.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository