Connect the Since the late 1990s, the U.S. Department of Transportation has been planning the road ahead for connected vehicle technology, which could transform driving into a safer experience. It has also been focusing on connecting these
DOT vehicles to the infrastructure around them, creating intelligent roadways that could better handle traffic and urban density. Here is a look at DOT’s path toward a connected vehicle future since that time.
2000 U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater announced the debut of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), a digital sensor network that would use communications and computer technology to ease congestion and aid traffic mobility.
2002 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began studying connected cars with DSRC technology.
1999 In 1999, the Federal Communications Commission set aside part of the wireless spectrum, in the 5.9-gigahertz range, for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC), which was designed to allow vehicles and related infrastructure to transfer information to each other.
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2008 The U.S. DOT announced that it was seeking business models for vehicle-to-infrastructure communications networks.