Savari Inc. — Department of Transportation SBIR Phase II: 111FH1
Savari Inc. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Transportation.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Transportation funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $749,023 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code 111FH1 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $749,023
- Agency
- Department of Transportation
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- 111FH1
- Solicitation
- DTRT5711RSBIR1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2016-05-20 → 2018-07-05
Description
On average, a pedestrian is killed every 2 hours and injured every 8 minutes in traffic crashes. 73% of these fatalities occur in urban areas. The SmartCross system aims to reduce the risk of vehicle-pedestrian crashes by providing situational awareness to the pedestrian as well as the vehicle approaching a crosswalk. The system makes use of the proliferation of smartphones to provide audio, visual and haptic feedback to pedestrians and alert/warn them of imminent danger. The smartphone application also provides signal timing data along with WALK, DO NOT WALK messages to the pedestrian. If a pedestrian approaches a crosswalk he/she intends to use, a WALK signal can be requested right from the smartphone application without pressing the physical button at the intersection. This is especially useful for pedestrians with vision and mobility impairments. The SmartCross system is designed to be a scalable and cost efficient solution that can be used as a framework for a host of V2X applications that can be deployed in the future. All components of the system are designed to be compatible with Connected Vehicle testbeds across the country.