The CAVI project
The Cooperative and Automated Vehicle Initiative (CAVI) will be delivered by the Department of Transport and Main Roads to help prepare for the arrival of new vehicle technologies with safety, mobility and environmental benefits on Queensland roads.
CAVI will lay the technical foundations for the next generation of smart transport infrastructure. This will focus on:
- developing policy to support positive outcomes
- supporting regulation, legislation, licensing and possible certification and testing
- managing infrastructure, data and system integration
- conducting pilot projects and feasibility studies.
CAVI consists of 4 components:
- Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) Pilot—the largest on-road testing trial in Australia of cooperative vehicles and infrastructure.
- Cooperative and Highly Automated Driving (CHAD) Pilot—testing a small number of vehicles with cooperative and automated technologies.
- Vulnerable road user pilot—a project looking at how new technology applications can benefit vulnerable road user safety including pedestrians, motorcycle riders and bicycle riders.
- Change management—a process for the Department of Transport and Main Roads to consider the change of current business and practices.
Goal
The goal of CAVI is to test cooperative and automated vehicle technologies that make roads safer by contributing towards our vision of zero road deaths and serious injuries on the state’s roads.
Project objectives
- Validate the impacts and benefits, and user perceptions
- Demonstrate technologies and build public awareness and uptake
- Grow the Department of Transport and Main Roads technical and organisational readiness
- Encourage partnerships and build capability in private and public sectors
Timeframe
2017–2021
Project outcomes
- Government and local industry representatives are up-skilled in deployment and operations
- New industry partnerships for services are formed and tested
- Current understanding of government direction/actions to support deployment are captured in a road map
- Safety benefits are estimated, and public perceptions are validated through on-road testing
- Public awareness is increased
- A test-bed for use by government, industry and academia is available after the pilot