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Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI)

The IVI Program initiated research into how advanced transportation technologies can be applied to address the intersection collision problem. The IVI Program provided the foundational research into infrastructure systems, in-vehicle systems, human factors, and communications technologies that are now being combined into cooperative systems in the CICAS Program.

Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

The VII Program, one of the new ITS JPO major research initiatives, is providing research and demonstration that will result in a prototype of a communications infrastructure for advanced vehicle-vehicle and vehicle-infrastructure communications. More specifically, DSRC which is the current vehicle-infrastructure choice for CICAS applications, is being developed and demonstrated under the VII program. The VII Program will also provide an opportunity to test CICAS prototypes in a multi-application field operational setting as the prototypes develop. The CICAS Program will be able to leverage VII resources for testing the CICAS applications.

Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems (IVBSS)

The IVBSS Program is providing an approach to integrating new technology systems on vehicles – systems for run-off-the-road warning, forward collision warning, lane-change warning, and others. To be effective for the driver, these systems need to be integrated into one seamless, single interface to ensure against driver distraction from multiple warnings. Because a deployable CICAS will require similar integration with these types of systems, the IVBSS results will play an important role in the design and evolution of CICAS as it moves to market.

ITS Technologies to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries and Fatalities

The CICAS Program seeks to incorporate new technologies into the prototype system(s) that help the infrastructure or vehicle recognize the presence of pedestrians near and in intersections. The CICAS Program will draw upon the lessons learned from this exploratory initiative when designing and testing the CICAS.

Updated August 20, 2008 10:23 AM