MTC

Midwest Transportation Center

MTC|Research|In-Progress

Automation of Audible Alert Service

Project Details
STATUS

In-Progress

PROJECT NUMBER

17-643, 21-761, 22-799

START DATE

07/01/20

END DATE

06/30/24

FOCUS AREAS

Mobility, Data Analytics, and Resiliency

RESEARCH CENTERS InTrans, CTRE, REACTOR
SPONSORS

Iowa Department of Transportation

Researchers
Principal Investigator
Neal Hawkins

Director Research Administration, ISU

Co-Principal Investigator
Skylar Knickerbocker

Research Scientist, CTRE

Co-Principal Investigator
Anuj Sharma

Co-Director, REACTOR

Co-Principal Investigator
Christopher Day

Research Scientist, CTRE

Co-Principal Investigator
Jing Dong-O'Brien

Transportation Engineer, CTRE

Co-Principal Investigator
Zachary Hans

Director, CWIMS

About the research

This project is part of the main Iowa Department of Transportation-sponsored project, “Iowa DOT Operations Division Cooperative Autonomous Transportation (CAT) Research Support.”

This project provides funding for CTRE support to the Iowa DOT Operations Division specific to Cooperative Automated Transportation (CAT) research, applications, data analytics, demonstrations, and discovery. This work is focused to support Iowa DOTs vision of delivering a safe, reliable, and efficient transportation system by developing a supportive digitally connected driving environment.

The original objective of this task was to seek out if there are existing products on the market, or products that could be modified, to automate the alerting system.

The Iowa DOT currently uses an audible warning system with their attenuator setup. However, the system must be activated manually by the attenuator driver looking in their rear-view mirror. This is a two-stage process where lights are flashed first and if the vehicle continues to approach the truck, nor change lanes, a very loud beeping sound is broadcasted.

To date, this project now includes installing the system on ten vehicles, integrating these with existing lights and sirens, evaluating performance in the new application, and continually maintaining the system as a monthly subscription service. A task field demonstration will be added to the existing Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) project underway by CTRE for the Iowa DOT.

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