The RSUs are set to support public transportation, passenger cars, heavy vehicles, and light vehicles on highways, roads, and bike lanes. They currently enable use cases such as prioritization of buses and emergency vehicles and are planned to allow additional use cases such as detecting pedestrians and other vulnerable road users
The announcement comes after the US Government stated it would allocate $6.4 billion over five years to fund projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – a budget which will also help support V2X infrastructure projects
Autotalks, a world leader in V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions, announced that it is collaborating with Yunex Traffic to deploy V2X technology in the United States. As part of the collaboration, the two companies are working to deploy Roadside Units (RSUs) equipped with Autotalks’ V2X chipsets in Florida and Colorado.
The RSUs are set to support public transportation, passenger cars, heavy vehicles, and light vehicles on highways, roads, and bike lanes. They currently enable use cases such as prioritization of buses and emergency vehicles and are planned to allow additional use cases such as detecting pedestrians and other vulnerable road users (VRUs).
The announcement comes after the US Government stated it would allocate $6.4 billion over five years to fund projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – a budget which will also help support V2X infrastructure projects.
Yunex Traffic’s RSU2X roadside units are set to be used by the Colorado Department of Transportation, in Florida by the city of Tampa, in Florida’s Turnpike, and on Interstate 4 (I-4) in Florida’s Regional Advanced Mobility Elements (FRAME). Test locations include Florida Department of Transportation Traffic Engineering Research Laboratory, and the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Connected Vehicle Pilot (THEA CV Pilot). Most of the deployment will take place in the fall of 2022.
The advanced and robust RSU2X units powered by Autotalks’ technology can be used to connect highways, roads and bike lanes. They constitute a key enabler for C-ITS and Connected Roads applications, bringing more adaptive safety traffic management solutions to the market now and enabling safer autonomous driving in the future. The RSU2X units will be complemented by Yunex Traffic’s new deployment-ready OBU2X On-Board Unit (OBU) for the aftermarket, also based on Autotalks’ chipsets.
Yunex Traffic’s RSU2X units can run the following V2I (Vehicle-to-Infrastructure) applications:
Signal Phase and Timing (SpaT), pedestrian collision warning, red light violation warning, speed advisory, work zone warning, wrong way detection, virtual advanced detection, emergency vehicle preemption, transit signal priority, ramp meter priority, rapid flashing beacon interface, pedestrian and advanced detection sensor interface and remote input/output interface. Other use cases include collective perception applications, which bring immediate benefits even before automotive OEMs start deploying Onboard Units (OBUs).
“The deployment of our V2X solutions in Florida and Colorado through the partnership with Yunex Traffic marks another milestone in our business momentum and brings our penetration into the US market to the next level,” said Hagai Zyss, CEO of Autotalks. “The new collaboration comes at a time when the selection of C-V2X instead of DSRC as the preferred V2X technology in the US is finalized. The V2X solutions we and Yunex Traffic are offering meet the regulations and provide certainty for deployment.”
Zyss added: “The US dedicated a $6.4 billion budget to carbon emission reduction, and V2X infrastructure plays an important role in that. Decision makers should make sure that all new roads will be connected roads.”
About Autotlaks
Autotalks (www.auto-talks.com), a V2X chipset market pioneer and leader, helps reduce collisions on roadways and improve mobility with its automotive qualified chipsets. The company’s chipsets offer the most advanced, truly secure and highest performing global V2X communication solution. Autotalks’ advanced technology, to be mass deployed in the coming years, complements the information coming from other sensors, specifically in non-line-of-sight scenarios, rough weather, or poor lighting conditions. It significantly improves overall road safety, effectively coordinating vehicles, self-driving cars, motorcyclists, and pedestrians.
About Yunex Traffic
Munich-based Yunex Traffic, which was acquired from Siemens by Atlantia for 950 million Euro in January 2022, develops novel mobility options for cities, highway authorities and mobility providers. With 3,100 employees from 58 nations in 24 countries around the world, Yunex Traffic helps more than 110 cities to make mobility permanently environmentally friendly and more efficient with digital technology such as artificial intelligence.
Yunex Traffic’s intelligent mobility solutions are being used in cities like Dubai, London, Berlin, Bogota, and Miami. The company is the only provider worldwide that meets all major regional traffic technology standards in the EU, Great Britain, Asia and the Americas. Yunex Traffic generated revenue of more than €600 million in fiscal year 2021.
Note to editors: the use case of prioritizing buses and emergency vehicles
Among other use cases support by Autotalks and Yunex Traffic, the current deployment is set to enable bus prioritization: A bus or an emergency vehicle can request a priority signal. When approaching the intersection, the bus communicates with Yunex’s Roadside Unit and sends its priority request. Yunex Traffic’s and Autotalks’ V2X system allows the bus to drive through the intersection at a green light without stopping, resulting in higher safety, punctuality, and lower carbon emissions.
