The U.S. Department of Transportation has officially released a national V2X plan for vehicle-to-everything communications and infrastructure, which envisions nationwide deployment of wireless technology in the 5.895-5.925 GHz band by 2036.
“Deployments utilizing V2X technologies have already demonstrated the safety benefits on a smaller scale throughout the nation,” the agency said in the plan’s executive summary. “However, to realize the full lifesaving potential of V2X technology, it is important to expand the deployment and require vehicles and infrastructure to communicate safely, securely and without harmful interference across a variety of devices and platforms. To achieve this type of ‘interoperable connectivity,’ a diverse range of mobile, in-vehicle, and roadside technologies must be able to communicate everywhere, efficiently, and securely, in a way that protects personal information.”
The V2X plan was originally released last year for public comment, and is now in its official form. DoT emphasized that its V2X plan does not come with dedicated federal funding or regulatory mandates.
“The Plan was drafted and advanced with collaboration across public and private partnerships. It provides stakeholders with vital information to enable a safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation system through the national, widespread deployment of interoperable V2X technologies. The Plan will accelerate investment, research, and deployment in V2X “market certainty,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and Chief Scientist Dr. Robert C. Hampshire, in a statement.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg called the release of the V2X plan a “key milestone,” adding: “This plan will move us closer to nationwide adoption of this technology.”
The short-term goals of the plan cover the period from this year through 2028 and include:
-V2X technology deployed across 20% of the national highway system.
-Achieving a dozen interoperable, cyber-secure deployments.
-20 grants in at least 10 states for projects that use the 5.895-5.925 GHz band.
-The top 75 U.S. metropolitan areas having 25% of intersections with traffic signals, enabled with V2X technology.
-Two vehicle OEMs committing to build vehicles with 5.895-5.925 GHz connectivity, by the 2028 model year.
However, some of those goals are predicated on another one: The Federal Communications Commission finalizing its rules on operations in the 5.9 GHz band, including transmission power levels, requirements around geofencing and so on.
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