Texas was one of the ten recipients selected for the FHWA-provided 2017 Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grants. The Texas Connected Freight Corridors (TCFC) project will deploy a sustainable connected vehicle (CV) environment along the Texas Triangle using I-10, I-30, I-35, and I-45 to showcase up to 12 vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) applications focused on freight safety and mobility.
Awarded through the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grant program, the Texas Connected Freight Corridors (TCFC) project is deploying connected vehicle (CV) applications to improve safety and mobility along the Texas Triangle corridors linking Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. The TCFC system will deploy a set of CV applications that will include queue warning, work zone warning, wrong-way driving, advanced traveler information systems, and freight signal priority. At least 500 instrumented fleet vehicles from both public and private sector partners will be part of the initial pilot, using either modified electronic logging devices or installed in-vehicle devices. Roughly 80 roadside units will be deployed as part of the project across the urban regions of Texas.