The Connected Vehicles Ecosystem, guided by a dedicated working group under the ITS India Forum, focuses on advancing C-V2X (Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything) technologies to enhance road safety, emergency response, and traffic efficiency. A key achievement of this group was the successful implementation of a C-V2X-enabled green corridor in Bengaluru, enabling automated signal preemption for emergency vehicles. The system, developed in collaboration with Danlaw, CDAC, Mahindra, TIHAN, and other partners, resulted in a 38% reduction in emergency vehicle travel time. The committee is also engaged in interoperability testing of global C-V2X standards (IEEE and ETSI) at the TiHAN testbed, ensuring vendor-neutral deployment across Indian cities. It supports broader safety applications like forward collision alerts, blind spot detection, and pedestrian warnings, and has enabled upgrades to existing traffic controllers through custom V2X adapters. Looking ahead, the group aims to integrate AI-based analytics, promote policy support, and expand C-V2X adoption through a phased, scalable approach.
