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Welcome to the summer 2014 edition of our Innovatorrsquos Brief for the Transportation Industry In this issue yoursquoll read about an exciting partnership involving the University of Michigan and connected vehicle technology as well as challenges related to establishing a strategy for nationwide interoperability for tolling Irsquod like to begin though by sharing news about two external awards that our Mergereg system a city-wide sensor-based smart parking solution that reduces traffic and congestion through guided parking with demand-based pricing has received recently First the Mergereg system was a joint winner of the 2014 Promising Innovation in Transport Award which was awarded by the International Transport Forum (ITF) on May 21st during the opening plenary of the ITF According to the press release issued by ITF the jury was impressed with the capabilities offered by the Xeroxreg system in particular with the implementation of dynamic pricing It noted the possibility for this concept ldquoto evolve by providing additional information for users regarding alternate options for travelrdquo which would offer ldquosignificant additional benefits for passenger mobilityrdquoSecond along with our partner the Los Ken Mihalyov

Angeles Department of Transportation Xerox and the Mergereg system was a winner of the International Parking Institutersquos 2014 Award of Excellence This award was presented on June 2 during the IPI annual conference that was held in Dallas TXldquoThe Mergereg Parking System is the first system to fully integrate and provide analytics on all aspects of metered and off-street programsrdquo said David Cummins Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Parking and Justice Solutions at Xerox ldquoWinning these important awards highlights how Xerox innovation integrates hardware and software to provide revenue management maintenance enforcement and occupancy detection by applying real-time data to solve parking issues Merge and its algorithm-driven dynamic pricing model provide authorities with a flexible policy-adaptive solutionrdquoWe believe these awards provide independent validation of the value and innovation associated with the Mergereg system

Herersquos to continuing to simplify parking for travelers everywhere

Innovatorrsquos Brief for the Transportation IndustryInnovation News at Your Fingertips

Summer 2014 Issue 6

Ken Mihalyov Chief Innovation Officer Government and Transportation Sector Xerox Services

Inside this Issue

Our award-winning smart parking solution

A City Built to Test Connected Vehicles

Innovation Where Preparation Meets Opportunity

David Cummins SVP and Managing Director Parking amp Justice Solutions standing with ITF Award

A City Built to Test Connected VehiclesOn May 6th the University of Michiganrsquos Mobility Transformation Center announced that key industry leaders from a variety of sectors including Bosch Econolite Ford General Motors Toyota and Xerox have joined the center as its initial industry partners The MTC is a government-industry partnership formed at U-M with diverse partners to transform global mobility by dramatically improving transportation safety sustainability and accessibility The focus of the MTC is a model deployment that will allow researchers to test emerging concepts in connected and automated vehicles in both off-road and on-road settings Through interdisciplinary cooperation the MTC will also

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address the many social political regulatory legal and economic issues inherent in the transition to new mobility technologies and systems (Read the University of Michigan Transformation Center QampA)In order to enable testing and validation of key technologies and in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Transportation the university has plans to design and build a facility that simulates the complexities of a dynamic urban environment called the Mobility Transformation Facility (MTF) It will include a network of approximately three lane-miles of concrete and asphalt roads with intersections traffic signs and signals sidewalks roundabouts benches simulated buildings streetlights and obstacles such as construction barriers This facility will be the largest on-road vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-

to-infrastructure test environment in the world and current plans call for the facility to be completed in the fall of 2014To accelerate the development and implementation of connected and automated technology we will work with the other members of the MTCrsquos Leadership Circle to identify opportunities and barriers to achieving them anticipate and shape key standards and regulations and help guide the direction of the research Our expected areas of focus will includebull The integration of mobile device and

automotive information-based systems for transaction management solutions such as tolling and smart parking to ultimately eliminate the need for cash payments and to simplify transaction collection processes

bull The integration of smart parking applications into automotive information-based systems through the Mergereg platform and dynamic pricing algorithms that are critical in implementing effective parking demand management policies as well as reducing congestion and overall vehicle emissions

bull The integration and analysis of data provided by the USDOTrsquos Safety Pilot Model Deployment program to identify new opportunities in areas such as fleet performance monitoring driver behavior road infrastructure quality and vehicle health and diagnostics

bull The MTCrsquos independent testing and assessment of Xeroxreg offeringsrsquo performance including our recently announced Vehicle Passenger Detection System ndash a HOVHOT lane compliance test system that uses video analytics to identify the number of occupants in a vehicle

A concept design for the Mobility Transformation Facility a 32-acre simulated urban environment planned for the University of Michiganrsquos campus in Ann Arbor Mich Photo courtesy of the Mobility Transformation Center

Connected vehicle technology has the potential to reduce crashes by more than 80 It will shape the future of travel for generations to come (Watch the Connected Vehicle Technology Video)

Contact UsXerox State amp Local Solutions Inc12410 Milestone Center DriveGermantown MD 20876wwwxeroxcomtransportation

copy2014 Xerox Corporation All Rights Reserved Xeroxreg Xerox and Designreg and Mergereg are trademarks of Xerox Corporation in the United States andor other countries BR10502 page 3 of 3

Innovation Where Preparation Meets Opportunity

There is well-known quote often contributed to Seneca a Roman philosopher that goes something like ldquoluck is when preparation meets opportunityrdquo We often think that innovation is a series of ldquoeurekardquo moments that lead to astounding leaps in technology There are times however when innovation like luck is the intersection of preparation and opportunity

Part of our approach to innovation is to be prepared to serve the market no matter how the technology changes or the business ecosystem evolves Nationwide interoperability for tolling is just such an instance The tolling industry is grappling with how to enable drivers to move across the country and utilize the various toll facilities they encounter Today drivers going from East to West will encounter many different electronic tolling protocols The fact that a cross country traveler needs multiple toll tags to navigate the toll system is a nuisance Congress even required that the tolling industry sort out the issue when they passed MAP-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Transportation Bill) in 2012

There are a variety of approaches being considered to deliver nationwide

interoperability (NIOP) These include Video Tolling National Tolling Protocol Multiprotocol Transponders and a new wireless protocol called Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Each of these approaches has challenges with respect to cost timing performance and each brings unique strengthsConsider the potential solutionsVideo Tolling Use of License Plate Recognition (LPR) to look up license plate data linked to toll account databasebull Advantage Requires no nationwide

transponderbull Challenges ndash System may need to rely on DMV database for look up ndash Supporting license plate look up with high accuracy especially in a barrier-based toll system is a challengebull Our Perspective ndash LPR is likely to be part of any NIOP or enforcement solution ndash We are a leading provider of imaging solutions and license plate recognitionNational Tolling Protocol (NTP) Use of single nationwide protocol which all toll agencies will agree to recognizebull Advantages ndash Low cost transponder which carries universally recognized protocol ndash Uses ldquoopenrdquo protocolbull Challenges ndash Requires consensus among all toll agencies ndash Requires potential upgrade to lane equipment (cost and time to execute) ndash Timing to achieve consensus and complete roll out roughly 5-12 yearsbull Our Perspective ndash We manage some of the largest back office systems in the US and can

support the back office processes necessary to enable NTP successMultiprotocol Transponder (MPT) Usestransponder which carries all of the majortolling protocolsbull Advantages ndash Operates with existing protocols and lane equipment Lane upgrades not needed ndash Available in 2014bull Challenges ndash More expensive than NTP ndash May contain proprietary protocolsbull Our Perspective ndash We recommend this approach in order to support Commercial Vehicle Operators---these users need a NIOP solution today ndash We also support use of the transponder for the commercial vehicle bypass systemmdashsaving fuel improving productivity and reducing emissions59 GHz DSRC Uses 59 GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications protocolbull Advantages ndash If NHTSA mandates every carlight truck be equipped with a DSRC communication device that device can also be used for tollingbull Challenges ndash NHTSA adoption of a mandate for DSRC is uncertain ndash Once adopted the timing for DSRC to permeate into the installed vehicle base (250 million cars and light trucks) will take many years (roughly 10-15)bull Our Perspective ndash We are evaluating DSRC and are prepared to deliver the business processes necessary to support DSRC as a tolling technology

In each scenario we are prepared to support and deliver solutions for the next generation of tolling Innovation is where preparation meets opportunityWritten by Joseph AverkampSenior Director Technology Policy and Technical Strategy Tolling Solutions

Questions on Interoperability Email Joe at JosephAverkampxeroxcom

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