Day-1-Ready C-V2X for Queuing and Merging Safety and Efficiency on Bridge Approach Corridors: A George Washington Bridge Trans-Manhattan Expressway Pilot

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (“Port Authority” or “PANYNJ”), in partnership with Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) and its project team, proposes the planning and pilot of Day-1-Ready C-V2X (Connected Vehicle-to-Everything) safety technologies to improve the queuing and merging safety and traffic congestion and emission levels at TME. The latest high-resolution LiDAR and Computer Vision sensors, deep-learning-based AI analytics, and the project team’s strong traffic safety and operational domain knowledge and experience will power the proposed system. This project addresses the merging and queuing safety, efficiency, and environmental justice of major approaching corridors to bridges and tunnels operated by Port Authority NY&NJ (PANYNJ). On the Trans-Manhattan Expressway (TME), the approach corridor to the east of George Washington Bridge (GWB), rear-end and side-swiping crashes occurred during the merging, and queuing accounts for over 95% of crashes based on New York City(NYC) open crash history data from2021-2023. Historically, communities around these corridors have borne the brunt of safety, delay, pollutants, and emissions problems caused by the through traffic.