Smart intersection deployed in Owosso, Michigan

Kapsch TrafficCom, DGE, and The-Transformation-Network, have partnered to launch an intelligent transportation environment.
January 31, 2012 Read time: 1 min

81 Kapsch TrafficCom, 1064 DGE, and The-Transformation-Network, have partnered to launch an intelligent transportation environment where’smart’ vehicles interact with traffic signal controllers to provide Signal Phase and Timing (SPAT) to vehicles using 5.9 GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC).

The installation uses Kapsch 5.9 GHz DSRC technology on the roadside at an intersection in the city of Owosso, Michigan, and inside the ‘smart’ vehicle equipped with DGE‘s Vehicle IntelliDrive Module. The SPAT information from the traffic light controller is sent wirelessly via 5.9 GHz DSRC. It is used by the on-board device to provide the driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic light with a red light warning advisory, or a recommended “green speed” advisory, for safe passage through the intersection.

Paul Heimnick, a member of Owosso Friends and Neighbors Association (OFANS), a citizens group formed in 2007 for the purpose of carrying out community improvement projects, is demonstrating the Kapsch and DGE technologies to area residents. OFANS is also collecting feedback from area residents about how to further expand the use, and the convenience, of the system.

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