IntelliDrive(SM) is a major U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) initiative of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), aimed at building a fully connected surface transportation environment via advanced communication and information technologies. The grand vision is "to provide transformational safety, mobility, and environmental improvements in surface transportation".
The IntelliDrive initiative envisions a networked environment among vehicles (V2V), between vehicles and infrastructure components (V2I) or among vehicles, infrastructure, and wireless hand-held Devices (e.g., cell phones and PDAs) (V2D) that enables numerous safety and mobility improvement applications. For example, in a V2V environment, if the vehicle in front has a malfunctioning brake light, the following drivers or travelers will be notified in real-time and take precautionary actions (e.g., slow down or change lanes); or if roadside sensors detect a patch of ice on the road at milepost 305, drivers will be notified immediately through V2I or V2D about the situation in terms what, where, and the degree of severity, etc.
With respect to improving mobility, IntelliDrive provides real-time traveler information concerning traffic conditions, accidents, transit vehicle on-time performance, parking availability, ride share opportunities, etc. Thus travelers will be able to make informed decisions about their travel so to improve the individual and consequently the overall system efficiency and mobility.
The main objective of this proposal is to develop the framework of a Database Management System (DBMS) in support of IntelliDrive applications. This means, among others, a set of services that will answer the questions: What data is relevant to answer the query? In what nodes does this data reside? How to access the data on these nodes?
For further information please see the project web site: www.cs.uic.edu/~wolfson/html/IntelliDrive
