Safety management plans for two of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Connected Vehicle Pilot deployment sites (Wyoming and Tampa, Florida) are now available online.

Sponsored by the USDOT's Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO), the Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program seeks to combine connected vehicle and mobile device technologies in innovative and cost-effective ways. Ultimately, this program will improve traveler mobility and system productivity while reducing environmental impacts and enhancing safety. The USDOT selected three pilot sites, where teams are in the process of conducting Phase 1: Concept Development activities leading to later phases (Phase 2: Design/Build/Test and Phase 3: Operations).

The following are highlights of the safety management plans:

Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program Phase 1, Safety Management Plan - ICF/Wyoming (FHWA-JPO-16-289): The Wyoming Department of Transportation's Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program intends to develop a suite of applications that use vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology to reduce the impact of adverse weather on freight in the I-80 corridor. These applications support a flexible range of services from advisories, roadside alerts, parking notifications, and dynamic travel guidance. Application information is available either directly to equipped fleets or to fleet management centers, who will then communicate it to trucks using their own systems. This safety management plan provides guidance on identifying safety scenarios and risk mitigation strategies for phase 1 of the ICF/Wyoming deployment.

• The plan can be accessed at: http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/59000/59100/59130/FHWA-JPO-16-289.pdf.

• Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program Phase 1, Safety Management Plan - Tampa (FHWA-JPO-16-313): This document presents the safety management plan for the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment. The THEA pilot aims to advance and enable safe, interoperable wireless communications between vehicles, the infrastructure, and travelers' personal communications devices and to make surface transportation safer, smarter, and greener. This safety management plan identifies the major safety risks associated with the implementation of the THEA Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment and lays out a preliminary plan to promote the safety of the participants and surrounding road users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders. The plan describes the potential safety risk scenarios within the proposed system and applications. The plan then assesses the level of risk for each safety scenario and provides the safety operational concept, including functional safety requirements, the proposed safety management strategies, and response plans.
  
  The plan can be accessed at:  http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/59000/59100/59129/FHWA-JPO-16-313.pdf.      
  
  To learn more about the Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program, please visit:  http://www.its.dot.gov/pilots/index.htm.