The Connected Automated and Resilient Transportation (CART) Lab from the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue University was invited to participate in the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) 60th Anniversary Symposium, held Oct. 2-3 in Ann Arbor, MI.

During the event, Yilin Wang, a Ph.D. student from the CART Lab, showcased a live demonstration of a Transit Signal Priority (TSP) system enabled by Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication technology. A transit bus equipped with V2X on-board units was operated at Mcity to illustrate how the TSP application enhances mobility and operational efficiency in real-world scenarios. The demonstration highlighted the integration of connected vehicle technologies with priority vehicles to enable dynamic and adaptive signal priority. The same system has been deployed along the Ellsworth corridor in southern Ann Arbor, serving Route 6 transit buses since August of this year. This system was developed with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) project titled, “Smart Intersections: Paving the Way for a National CAV Deployment."