The USDOT in partnership with Transport Canada, AASHTO and in cooperation with other nationwide stakeholders, conducted analyses leading to a preliminary general concept of a national Connected Vehicle (CV) field infrastructure footprint. The footprint includes a general description for a proposed national deployment of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology including, applications, communications and deployment locations. The purpose of the National CV Field Infrastructure Footprint Analysis is to provide a vision for a fully deployed infrastructure footprint, to identify the activities and project timelines needed to achieve that footprint, and to estimate costs associated with the deployment.

Footprint analysis researchers determined that total potential costs associated with deploying connected vehicle infrastructure at a field site with DSRC are as summarized below in Table 1. Component costs at a particular site may include the costs directly associated with the deployment of DSRC equipment, the cost of upgrading backhaul equipment at each deployment site, and traffic signal controllers at signalized locations.

Table 1 -Total Potential DSRC Site Costs of Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment (Source: USDOT/AASHTO 2014)

This report, dated June 2014, includes many more details of connected vehicle system costs. These findings along with the costs provide a valuable resource to those considering the implementation of connected vehicle infrastructure.