How long before the USDOTs IntelliDriveSM research program will have results that are ready for implemention?
IntelliDriveSM systems and applications are based on existing wireless communications and information technologies. USDOT’s current IntelliDriveSM research is focused on refining these technologies and testing their use in surface transportation; developing IntelliDriveSM safety, mobility, and environmental applications; determining actual benefits in the field; and developing consensus standards that will ensure the interoperability of IntelliDriveSM applications and system components. DOT’s goal is to complete the majority of this research by 2013. At that time, we hope that those aspects of the program that have proven sufficiently beneficial will be ready to be carried out. In 2013, USDOT also intends to decide whether the applications show enough promise to merit deployment, and to determine whether regulation or other government action will be needed to speed deployment of potentially lifesaving applications.
