This project will develop integrate and demonstrate multiple adas safety and accessibility features on 40-FT battery electric buses (bebs).

The Department of Transportation Connecticut was awarded a $2,500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Public Transportation Innovation program (CFDA 20.530). The project will retrofit three new 40-foot battery electric buses with sensor, camera, and computing hardware to integrate and demonstrate multiple advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) safety and accessibility features. Key activities include implementing forward collision mitigation, side collision avoidance, rear collision avoidance, rear blind spot warning, and precision docking assist capabilities. The expected outcomes are to increase on-road safety, enhance transit service reliability, and improve accessibility for passengers across the CTfastrak local bus network in the Hartford region.

Activities

Retrofit of (3) new flyer xcelsior battery electric 40-FT buses with sensor camera and computing hardware to support adas capabilities and integration of the five driver assistance features. This includes forward collision mitigation side collision avoidance rear collision avoidance rear blind spot warning and precision docking assist.

Expected outcomes

Increase on-road safety enhance transit service reliability and improve transit rider accessibility throughout the ctfastrak local bus network.

Intended beneficiaries

Cttransit operators customers and other roadway users traveling along local ctfastrak routes across the hartford region.