Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program Phase I: Comprehensive Pilot Deployment Plan: Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA)
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This document presents the Comprehensive Deployment Plan (CDP) for Phase I of the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot Deployment Program. Funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, the pilot aims to advance CV technologies by deploying, testing, and demonstrating vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication systems. The primary motivation is to address local needs in Tampa while generating transferable lessons for future national deployments, with specific goals to reduce traffic congestion, improve safety, and decrease emissions. The pilot is structured into three phases. Phase I, completed in August 2016, focused on conceptual planning, including the development of a Concept of Operations and risk assessment. This CDP outlines the transition to Phase II (design, development, and testing) and Phase III (real-world demonstration and operations). The plan details a suite of CV applications targeting advisories, roadside alerts, transit mobility enhancements, and pedestrian safety. The methodology involves a multi-disciplinary team including HNTB, Siemens, and the Center for Urban Transportation Research. Key components of the deployment strategy include participant recruitment and training, equipment procurement and installation, stakeholder outreach, and rigorous performance measurement. The document also establishes frameworks for data privacy, security management, and physical safety, ensuring that human subject interactions are protected and that data integrity is maintained. The findings presented in this report are primarily procedural and strategic rather than empirical results, as it serves as a planning document for future phases. It identifies critical assumptions and risks across technical, organizational, and participation-related domains. Technical risks include potential hardware/software bugs and system-level operational flaws, which could compromise data validity or participant confidence. Organizational risks involve staff turnover, schedule delays, and cost overruns, mitigated through redundant staffing and strict project management protocols. Participation risks focus on recruiting sufficient drivers and pedestrians and ensuring adequate bilingual training staff. The plan specifies mitigation strategies for these risks, such as enhanced outreach, flexible computing resources for data analysis, and comprehensive safety management plans to handle potential crashes or data breaches. The significance of this work lies in its contribution to the national effort to validate CV technologies in real-world urban environments. By providing a detailed roadmap for deployment, the THEA pilot offers a model for other agencies seeking to implement similar systems. The document emphasizes the importance of interoperable, networked wireless communications to make surface transportation safer and more efficient. It establishes a foundation for evaluating the effectiveness of CV apps through independent evaluation and performance metrics, aiming to document impacts that can promote future expansion. The comprehensive nature of the plan, covering everything from system architecture to post-pilot transition, ensures that the pilot can deliver meaningful, measurable outcomes while minimizing public and institutional risk.
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The document is a planning report outlining the deployment strategy for the Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot rather than a study with empirical results.
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