Do Our Cars Know More About Our Roads Than We Do? | Interview with Darcy Bullock

Darcy Bullock is the Lyles Family Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue University and serves as the director of the Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP). Bullock is a Registered Professional Engineer in Indiana and has over 30 years of experience working closely with academia, transportation agencies, and private sector partners in the area of transportation systems and big data analytics.What you’ll learnDo our vehicles know more about our road networks than we do?How has connected vehicle data changed ‘how we do business' across transportation planning and road network management?What insights can traffic heat maps reveal about congestion, road closures, and incidents?At what point does connected vehicle data penetration become sufficient for making reliable transportation decisions?What are the biggest opportunities for transportation agencies to work smarter, not harder, using connected vehicle data?