The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has picked Iteris to develop a connected vehicle data exchange platform. Other participants in the FDOT programme include Ford Mobility, which will supply V2X data from its connected vehicle platform; Google, AWS, Florida International University; and several OEMs, and logistics and fleet companies.

The data exchange platform will enable Florida to analyse real-time road conditions and communicate critical travel information to the travelling public, state and local government entities, as well private-sector partners, and other stakeholders.

The FDOT project is among the first in the United States to develop a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) data exchange, capturing data from thousands of devices across connected and automated vehicle (CAV) and smart mobility infrastructure networks. A key objective of the project is to standardise the collection, analysis and sharing of data from several proprietary systems, which have different coding and encryption methodologies, and to make additional considerations for privacy and safety.

“The primary goal of this technology is to save lives and move people more efficiently on roadways by sharing real-time driving conditions,” said Michael A. Brown, a SwRI Intelligent Systems Division engineer overseeing the project. “This data exchange will lay the foundation for FDOT to send alerts to drivers and traffic managers to coordinate routing, road closures and emergency response.”

The exchange will capture anonymous data both from standardised onboard units communicating directly with FDOT-owned roadside units and from the proprietary data feeds of various car manufacturers. This connected vehicle data will be fused with a breadth of other data both from FDOT-owned infrastructure and third-party data feeds. This stream of enriched data will be the basis for real-time and historic analysis, leveraging a combination of machine learning and traditional algorithms.

“We are thrilled to join the team responsible for developing this vital V2X data sharing programme for FDOT, which will improve safety, mobility and sustainability state-wide,” said Anita Vandervalk, vice president, strategic business development at Iteris. “The V2X data exchange will enable FDOT to communicate critical travel information to the travelling public, state and local government entities, private-sector partners, and other stakeholders.”