As one of seven premier research institutes created by Virginia Tech to answer national challenges, VTTI is continually advancing transportation through innovation and has influenced public policy on national and international levels. VTTI’s 300+ faculty, staff, and students have become the largest group of driving safety researchers in the world. Research conducted at VTTI has advanced driver, passenger, and pedestrian safety and is impacting the design of vehicles and infrastructure. VTTI is a recognized leader in conducting research leading to the implementation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Automated Driving Systems, and Connected Vehicle solutions. In all endeavors, the VTTI community is charged with finding solutions to the greatest transportation challenges facing our world. The faculty, staff, and students of VTTI are truly dedicating their lives to saving lives.
Through physical data reduction, interpretation, and analysis, GCAPS provides services to improve simulations and performance assessments. The physical data sources come from VTTI’s 70 million miles of naturalistic driving data, closed test track with weather making capabilities, and our own indoor tire test laboratory. For today’s vehicle technology, GCAPS services are used in sensor characterization, safety assurance methods, and chassis development. With an eye on the future, GCAPS personnel range of expertise from physics, machine learning, controls, to tire mechanics enables us to solve the growing challenges in ADS technology development. With services of Virtual Event Replication, Behavioral Competency Analysis, and Simulation Framework development, GCAPS has aided ADS technology developers in improving the knowledge, confidence, and performance of their products.
The Virginia Department of Transportation is responsible for building, maintaining and operating the state's roads, bridges and tunnels. Virginia has the third-largest state-maintained highway system in the country, behind Texas and North Carolina. Through the Commonwealth Transportation Board, VDOT also provides funding for airports, seaports, rail and public transportation. Formed in 1906 as the State Highway Commission, VDOT has been committed to operating, maintaining and continuously improving Virginia's state transportation system while being responsive to customer needs and supporting a culture of transparency, trust, and respect. Virginia has the third-largest state-maintained highway system in the country, behind Texas and North Carolina. However, the transportation network is more than roads and bridges. VDOT is also responsible for many transportation services, technologies and devices, and also provides funding for airports, seaports, rail and public transportation.
As one of the world’s leading toll road operators, Transurban is dedicated to getting people to their destinations as quickly and safely as possible—from designing and building new roads to researching new vehicle and road safety technology. Throughout our five global markets, Transurban’s infrastructure is designed with the future in mind, delivering real and lasting benefits both now and twenty years from now. Equipped with the next generation of transportation technology, Transurban’s smart roads are built for tomorrow with a focus on continued research to develop innovative tolling and transportation technology that makes travel easier for everyone. Beyond the road, Transurban is also proud to partner with governments and community organizations to improve mobility and quality of life throughout our corridors—contributing almost $80 million to date to public transit projects and supported over 350 local nonprofits.
Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership was originally formed by Ford Motor Company and General Motors in 1995. The partnership was formed to pursue pre-competitive Active Safety research to improve real-world safety. CAMP LLC provides a framework for pre-competitive crash-avoidance research. Ford Motor Company and General Motors collaborate with other leading automotive companies on safety research projects. In 2013, Crash Avoidance Metrics Partners LLC (CAMP LLC) was founded, with Ford Motor Company and General Motors continuing to spearhead its management. The organization's objectives include defining and developing pre-competitive elements of automotive crash avoidance measures, expediting their implementation to bolster traffic safety. Additionally, CAMP LLC endeavors to establish analytical methods, performance metrics, test procedures, databases, functional definitions, and minimum performance specifications necessary for the effective deployment of specific countermeasures. Moreover, it seeks to foster industry consensus on these critical components and collaborate with academic institutions, governmental entities at the state level, and select industry partners to conduct pre-competitive research on future mobility topics, thus contributing to ongoing advancements in automotive safety and mobility technologies.
